Stamps may not be at the forefront of our minds in today’s digital age. But they remain an important part of postal…
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The key to boosting your net worth is simple—spend less than you make, but doing it can be challenging. Capitalism has brought…
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Catastrophe has been a Hollywood staple for generations. Movies have emerged from the production line in an endless stream covering everything from…
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10 Times Members of Secretive Societies and Organizations Spilled the Beans
by Johan Tobiasby Johan TobiasPrince Harry has finally published his long-awaited memoir, Spare, and as one can expect from anything slathered with royal honey, it’s selling…
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The hieroglyphic writing of the ancient Egyptians has fascinated outsiders for millennia. One ancient Greek visitor to Egypt left a graffito on…
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New York. They call it the Big Apple because of racing. It was the big city with the big prizes and stable…
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We’ve mentioned Monturiol’s Ictíneo before—a pedal-controlled sub launched from Barcelona in the mid-19th century. But he didn’t invent the submarine. In fact,…
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10 Iconic Structures That Might Have Looked Radically Different
by Johan Tobiasby Johan TobiasWe instantly recognize famous landmarks—the Great Pyramids, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Golden Gate Bridge, and other architectural and engineering marvels.…
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North Korea is the most closed-off and secretive country in the world, but that doesn’t mean we don’t know anything about it.…
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Just four score and 78 years after the country declared independence, 11 southern US states seceded from the Union to protect the…