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Kaleena Fraga

A staff writer for All That's Interesting, Kaleena Fraga has also had her work featured in The Washington Post and Gastro Obscura, and she published a book on the Seattle food scene for the Eat Like A Local series. She graduated from Oberlin College, where she earned a dual degree in American History and French.

Recent Posts

How Did The Liberty Bell Crack? Inside The Incredible History Of America’s Most Famous Relic

How Did The Liberty Bell Crack? Inside The Incredible History Of America’s Most Famous Relic

How and why the Liberty Bell cracked is difficult to determine, but there are many theories that explain the origin of the iconic symbol's beloved flaw.

Microscopic Handbag Small Enough To Pass Through The Eye Of A Needle Sells For $63,000

Microscopic Handbag Small Enough To Pass Through The Eye Of A Needle Sells For $63,000

The handbag, created by Brooklyn creative collective MSCHF, is based on Louis Vuitton's "OnTheGo" tote.

Scientists Say Cuts On Prehistoric Shinbone Could Be Earliest Evidence Of Human Cannibalism

Scientists Say Cuts On Prehistoric Shinbone Could Be Earliest Evidence Of Human Cannibalism

The marks on the 1.5 million-year-old bone suggest that a stone tool was used to remove muscle from bone.

How Susan Atkins Became One Of The Manson Family’s Grisliest Killers

How Susan Atkins Became One Of The Manson Family’s Grisliest Killers

Susan Atkins fell in love with Charles Manson the minute she met him in San Francisco. She loved him so much that she obeyed his orders to kill.

Italian Police Are Looking For A Tourist Who Was Filmed Carving Names Into Rome’s Colosseum

Italian Police Are Looking For A Tourist Who Was Filmed Carving Names Into Rome’s Colosseum

The tourist could face a fine of at least $15,000 and a prison term of up to five years for defacing the historic site in Rome.

Ancient Stonehenge-Like Site That May Have Functioned As A Solar Calendar Discovered In The Netherlands

Ancient Stonehenge-Like Site That May Have Functioned As A Solar Calendar Discovered In The Netherlands

Archaeologists excavating an ancient religious sanctuary discovered a large burial mound that seemed to serve as a solar calendar, leading some to dub it the "Stonehenge of the Netherlands."

Why The Smallpox Blankets Myth Looms Large In American History

Why The Smallpox Blankets Myth Looms Large In American History

While smallpox blankets may be a popularly accepted truth in American history, there is just one recorded case of colonists giving disease-infected blankets to Indigenous Americans.

33 Stunning Images Of Claudia Cardinale — And The Little-Known Story Behind The 1960s Sex Symbol

33 Stunning Images Of Claudia Cardinale — And The Little-Known Story Behind The 1960s Sex Symbol

Born in Tunis, Tunisia to Sicilian immigrants in 1938, Claudia Cardinale never intended to become a movie star — but fate had other plans.

Deadly New Zealand Cyclone Unveils Fossils Of Two Enormous, Extinct Marine Predators

Deadly New Zealand Cyclone Unveils Fossils Of Two Enormous, Extinct Marine Predators

The 80 million-year-old fossils, belonging to an Elasmosaurus and a mosasaur, were discovered in the Maungataniwha Native Forest on New Zealand's North Island.

This 42,000-Year-Old Graphite Carving May Be The Oldest Phallic Art Ever Discovered

This 42,000-Year-Old Graphite Carving May Be The Oldest Phallic Art Ever Discovered

The piece of graphite, likely once used as a pendant, was discovered in Mongolia and predates any other known artistic depiction of a phallus.

Inside The Enduring Myth Of The Loch Ness Monster And The Most Convincing Sightings From History

Inside The Enduring Myth Of The Loch Ness Monster And The Most Convincing Sightings From History

A marine creature from Scottish folklore, the Loch Ness Monster is one of the most famous cryptids in history — but is it actually real?