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The New England Vampire Panic Was Very Real and Very Deadly
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In the 1890s, consumption (now called tuberculosis) was ravaging New Englanders. But what caused it? Could it be ... vampires? They exhumed the dead bodies to find out.
Hades, Greek God of the Underworld, Had a Pretty Good Gig
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In comparison to his brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, Greek god Hades ended up with a mixed bag, ruling over both the dead and everything under the earth.
How did Lake Nyos suddenly kill 1,700 people?
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One evening, people heard their local lake rumbling. A day and a half later, 1,700 people were dead. What happened on that fateful night?
Do a Person's Fingerprints Change After Death?
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Our fingerprints serve to definitively identify us forever, right? But do they? How long do fingerprints remain usable as identification after we are dead?
'Operation Mincemeat': The Wild Spy Deception That Helped Win WWII
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Operation Mincemeat seems like a spy novel plot. British spies left fake "secret" plans on a dead man's body hoping to fool the Nazis. And it worked.
Female Dragonflies Fake Death to Avoid Unwanted Male Advances
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How does the female moorland hawker dragonfly ward off unwanted mating advances? Learn about dragonflies playing dead in this HowStuffWorks article.
What's the Meaning Behind the Latin Phrase 'Caveat Emptor'?
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The Latin language may be dead, but this phrase, which originated 2,000 years ago, is still used in legal and financial docs. So what does it mean?
The 'Man of the Hole,' Last of His Tribe in the Amazon, Has Died
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Until he was found dead on Aug. 23, 2022, a solitary man with a mysterious, but certainly horrific, past went about his business, alone in the Amazonian jungle.
10 Inventions by Thomas Edison (That You've Never Heard Of)
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It's common knowledge that Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph, but did you know he also developed concrete furniture and a phone to communicate with the dead?
What Would You Be the Goddess Of?
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Goddesses are in charge of big things! War! Love! The Moon! The Land of The Dead! Could you guess what you would be in charge of if you were a goddess? We know!