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Thought Experiment: What If We Stopped Walking Upright?

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Humans have only been bipedal for a sliver of history. What if we returned our spines to their original position and quit walking upright? What would that world be like?

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.

What can you do if you were mistreated in the ER?

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Sometimes things go wrong in the ER. Find out what you can do if you are mistreated in the ER at HowStuffWorks.

How Pentecostal Churches Took Over the World

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HowStuffWorks looks at Pentecostalism's history, what speaking in tongues means and how this denomination got so big.

What We Learned From the Deadliest Nightclub Fire in U.S. History

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HowStuffWorks looks at the lessons, including advanced building codes and medical treatments, that endure from Boston's 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire.

What Caused the Rise — and Fall — of the Ottoman Empire?

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For 600 years, the Ottoman Empire covered a territory stretching across Europe and the Middle East, until it all came down after World War I.

6 Startling Revelations From Declassified U.S. Government Documents

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Declassified government documents can change our view of history, and also sometimes contain surprising revelations. Here are six to discover.

Nutrition Quiz: Myth or Fact?

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Everyone has opinions about what foods are good and bad for you, but do you know where science stands? Put your nutrition knowledge to the test with this tasty quiz!

How Far Is Russia From Alaska?

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Sarah Palin never really said she could see Russia from her house. But how far is Russia from Alaska anyway? And can you see one country from the other?

The Real Story Behind the 'Amityville Horror House'

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Decades after the publication of "The Amityville Horror," not to mention the movie and its countless spin-offs, we're still fascinated by the story of this haunted house - even though many people now think it was a hoax.

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