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What's the Difference Between a Duke and an Earl?

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They both sound prestigious, but one ranks higher than the other. So, which is it and how do you get your hands on one of these British titles, anyway?

6 Wild Cats Still Found Roaming the U.S.

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HowStuffWorks takes a look at six large cats still to be found existing in the wild in the United States.

How Humans Have Made a Mess of Mink

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The wars between American and European mink species and humans quietly rage worldwide. HowStuffWorks takes a look.

The Dark History of Indigo, Slavery's Other Cash Crop

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HowStuffWorks traces the history of indigo from its origins and use as a cash crop for blue dye to its replacement by synthetics in the 20th century.

All HBCUs Were Established Before 1964

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What do Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common? All of them graduated from HBCUs, or historically Black colleges and universities. These institutions play a major role in U.S. higher education, especially for Black Americans.

Could Jack the Ripper have been an artist?

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The 1888 Jack the Ripper murders plagued London; now, Ripperologists seek the killer's identity. Learn how Jack the Ripper murders stumped the constabulary.

What are the odds?

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What are the odds of dying in a freaky way? Take a look at the odds of death for a variety of conditions and situations.

Indigenous Women Keep Vanishing on Canada's Highway of Tears

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Indigenous women have been going missing and been murdered along an infamous stretch of highway in British Columbia since the 1960s. But not much is being done to find them - or who killed them.

What Is Genocide, and Is Russia Committing It in Ukraine?

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U.S. President Joe Biden accused Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine. But who really determines whether a genocide is occurring, and how?

Papuan Olive Python: New Guinea's Behemoth in the Rainforest

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Although New Guinea's Papuan olive python is nonvenomous, its color-changing camouflage and mighty constriction make it an excellent hunter.

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