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Does shaving your armpits reduce sweating?

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Does shaving your armpits reduce sweating? Ignore the hype and look at the science, at HowStuffWorks.

How Much Power Did Queen Elizabeth Really Have?

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Queen Elizabeth II was a beloved figure who was careful not to cross the line of convention. How much authority did she really wield during her historic reign?

A Short History of Hell

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In the popular imagination, hell is depicted as a place of fire, presided over by Satan. But depictions of hell have actually evolved over time.

The Cadaver Synod: When a Dead Pope Was Put on Trial

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During one of the most political times in papal history, Pope Formosus' corpse was dug up and put on trial for crimes of hist past.

5 Facts About Persephone, Queen of the Underworld

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Persephone, the wife of Hades, lived one-third of the year in the Underworld with him and the other two-thirds of the year on Earth with her mother, Demeter. Pomegranate seed, anyone?

What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre and Why Does it Still Haunt the City?

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Tulsa, Oklahoma was once home to 'Black Wall Street,' one of the wealthiest Black neighborhoods in the U.S. In 1921 it was burned to the ground in a race massacre.

Slavery Under Another Name: What Were the Black Codes?

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The Emancipation Proclamation may have signified the formal end of slavery. But the newly enacted Black Codes effectively re-enslaved thousands of Black people.

How Buffalo Bill Became a Living, Breathing Personification of the American West

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William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody was an American soldier, bison hunter and frontiersman. But he's best known as the showman behind Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

Racketeering Isn't Just a Crime for Mobsters

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Racketeering didn't exist as a crime before 1970. So what is it and why was the Mafia instrumental in its creation?

The Misrepresentation of 'Nosferatu' in Vampire Lore    

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Popularized in the novel 'Dracula' (1897) by Bram Stoker, and the film 'Nosferatu' in 1922, the word 'nosferatu' is largely considered to be an archaic Romanian word, synonymous with 'vampire.'

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