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14 People Who Vanished Without a Trace

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One day they were here and the next they simply disappeared. What happened to these 14 people? Will we ever know what happened to them or will their fates be unsolved forever?

What's It Like in Slab City, the 'Last Free Place' in the U.S.?

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Some call it an artists colony, others a squatters' paradise. Either way, it attracts lots of visitors, billing itself as the last free place in America. So, what's it really like?

Top 5 Innovations in Oil Drilling

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Oil drilling has been around for more than a century. But because of the numerous developments in the technology, it has grown leaps and bounds in that time.

Is Taiwan a Country? It Depends on Which Criteria You Use

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Defining what is and isn't a country is a lot more complicated than many people would realize. Is Taiwan a country or part of the People's Republic of China?

Countries That Start With 'Z' and How They Got Their Names

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If you were to explore the world alphabetically, you'd find 27 countries starting with "s" - like Spain, Sweden and South Africa - each with its own rich history and vibrant culture. But when you get to "X," the map draws a blank; no countries start with that elusive letter.

Does democracy work?

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Democracy is where citizen gets an equal vote to contribute to decision making. Learn about democracy and find out if democracy works.

Ridiculous History: Bears, Raccoons — and Alligators? — in the White House

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Rebecca the Raccoon. Josiah the Badger. Many U.S. presidents have had pets, but they haven't all been cats and dogs. Learn more at HowStuffWorks Now.

The U.S. Air Force Dropped an Atomic Bomb on South Carolina in 1958

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In the 1950s a nuclear bomb was accidentally dropped on rural South Carolina. Learn more about this weird history in this HowStuffWorks article.

How Vladimir Lenin Took Russia From Romanov Rule to Communist U.S.S.R.

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In a quest to build a socialist country that morphed into a communist society, Vladamir Lenin and the Bolsheviks executed and imprisoned hundreds of thousands, and starved millions more.

5 Reasons Why the Bay of Pigs Invasion Failed

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It's been called one of American's biggest foreign policy failures. But why was it such a disaster? Let's count the ways.

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