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How Fingerprinting Works

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Fingerprinting is a popular technique for identifying criminals and authenticating access. Learn about fingerprinting and its storied history.

Inside "Twilight"

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"Twilight" is the story of a teenage girl and her first love, who also happens to be a vampire. Go inside "Twilight."

5 Types of Conflict That Make Things Interesting (For Better or Worse)

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Conflict makes stories go. Without it, there’s no tension, no stakes, and definitely no reason to turn the page.

How Ben Franklin Helped Ignite the Jersey Devil Hysteria

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Founding father Benjamin Franklin is partially to blame for the legend of the Jersey Devil. Here's the strange story of this folklore beast.

Did Prince Amleth the Viking of 'The Northman' Actually Exist?

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Brought to life on the screen by Alexander Skarsgård, the story of Amleth the Viking was the inspiration for Shakespeare's "Hamlet." But who was Prince Amleth?

5 Memoirs That Were Too Good to Be True

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The stories these memoirs told were gripping, shocking - and ultimately untrue. Were you taken in by any of these literary hoaxes?

The Real Story Behind We Are Marshall

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The story told in "We Are Marshall" sounds a little like the invention of a screenwriter, but its events really took place.

Beer Ads and Wild West Shows Hyped the Myth of Custer's Heroic 'Last Stand'

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Beer ads and wild west shows transformed 'Custer's Last Stand' into a mythical story of 'good' versus 'evil.'

10 Worst Recessions in U.S. History, Listed Chronologically

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Recessions are painful chapters in any nation's economic story, and the United States has experienced its fair share.

How Sparta Turned Its Men Into Super-Soldiers — and Dancers

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Movies like '300' have popularized the image of ancient Spartans as super-warriors. But that's only part of the story

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