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Who Qualifies for Alimony These Days?
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Alimony is on the decline in the U.S. but can still bring out a highly emotional response during divorce. Here's what you need to know about alimony.
Why Was Phrenology All the Rage in Victorian Times?
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Phrenology, the belief that you could determine personality from the shape of someone's skull, was so popular in the Victorian era that phrenology parlors sprang up all over Europe and America. But the trend was soon debunked.
Murder! Money! Power! Art! Meet the Medici Family
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This wealthy banking dynasty of Florence rubbed shoulders with Michelangelo, Botticelli and Galileo. How did they get so wealthy and powerful? And how did they lose it all?
NOAA's Argo Program Has Been Observing the Oceans for Two Decades
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NOAA's Argo program distributes floating observatories across the globe. Why? They collect data about the world's oceans that is critical to understanding the planet.
Norse Mythology Is Way More Than Thor
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Many of us may have a passing familiarity with Norse mythology because of the 2011 film Thor, but there's a lot more to it than Chris Hemsworth's abs.
How Willie Mays Became the Catalyst for "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
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Generations have grown up watching 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' But what does baseball legend Willie Mays have to do with this beloved animated special?
How a Teenage Sacagawea Guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition Into Immortality
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Sacagawea, at around 16 or 17, guided the Lewis and Clark expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, and became a legend.
Was the White House Really Trashed at Andrew Jackson's First Inauguration?
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For almost two centuries, Andrew Jackson's inauguration blowout has been cited as the wildest party ever thrown at the White House. But should we take that depiction with a grain of salt?
Static Electricity Can Cause Way More Than a Bad Hair Day
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Static electricity happens when there's an imbalance between negative and positive charges in an object. It's when those charges get released that we feel that infamous spark.
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby: The Mind Can Heal the Body
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The Quimby Manuscripts, published in 1921, demonstrate Quimby's early role in Christian Science. HowStuffWorks takes a look.