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Meet Milton Hershey, The Chocolate Giant Who Built A Utopian Town For His Workers And Gave His Money Away To Orphans

Meet Milton Hershey, The Chocolate Giant Who Built A Utopian Town For His Workers And Gave His Money Away To Orphans

Soon after Milton S. Hershey established the Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894, he began giving back by sharing profits with his employees and founded a school for orphans that still exists today.
English Metal Detectorist Finds Rare 14th-Century Leopard Coin Set To Auction For $187,000

English Metal Detectorist Finds Rare 14th-Century Leopard Coin Set To Auction For $187,000

Andy Carter spent the last 20 years scanning British soil for treasure. And on a cloudy October day in 2019, he quite literally struck gold — and found one of only five leopard coins known to exist.
A Peruvian Museum Is Using Ancient Erotic Sculptures To Teach Men How To Self-Screen For Testicular Cancer

A Peruvian Museum Is Using Ancient Erotic Sculptures To Teach Men How To Self-Screen For Testicular Cancer

A partnership between a health organization and the Larco Museum in Lima invites men to touch the 1,000-year-old artwork to learn how to self-examine for early warning signs of cancer.
The Story Of Walter Reuther, Perhaps The Most Important American Historical Figure You Never Learned About In School

The Story Of Walter Reuther, Perhaps The Most Important American Historical Figure You Never Learned About In School

From the 1930s through the 1960s, labor leader Walter Philip Reuther leveraged the power of the United Automobile Workers to fight for causes ranging from civil rights to affordable housing to universal healthcare.
This Wisconsin Woman Allegedly Murdered Her Lover After A Meth-Fueled Sex Game Then Dismembered His Corpse

This Wisconsin Woman Allegedly Murdered Her Lover After A Meth-Fueled Sex Game Then Dismembered His Corpse

Taylor Schabusiness told police they would "have fun" trying to find all of her lover's limbs and organs.
5,300-Year-Old Skull Unearthed In Spanish Tomb Shows Evidence Of Earliest Ear Surgery

5,300-Year-Old Skull Unearthed In Spanish Tomb Shows Evidence Of Earliest Ear Surgery

Archaeologists say that the procedure bears striking similarities to ear surgeries still performed today, but that the patient would have likely endured "unbearable pain."
Meet Ejnar Mikkelsen, The Danish Explorer Who Survived Two Brutal Winters Stranded In The Arctic

Meet Ejnar Mikkelsen, The Danish Explorer Who Survived Two Brutal Winters Stranded In The Arctic

After they were abandoned by the rest of their expedition in 1910, Ejnar Mikkelsen and one inexperienced crewmate were forced to spend 28 months alone in the Arctic wilds of Greenland.
How Did Whitney Houston Die? Inside The Iconic Singer’s Tragic Final Days

How Did Whitney Houston Die? Inside The Iconic Singer’s Tragic Final Days

One of America's most successful singers, Whitney Houston died from a drug-related drowning in her hotel bathtub in Beverly Hills on February 11, 2012.
Brain Activity Of Dying Patient Shows Life Really Does Flash Before Our Eyes During Death

Brain Activity Of Dying Patient Shows Life Really Does Flash Before Our Eyes During Death

The 87-year-old patient had electrodes placed on his head to detect seizures after he suffered a fall. When he died during treatment, doctors recorded unprecedented activity.
Meet Emma Of Normandy, The Formidable Queen Who Steered England Through The Viking Age

Meet Emma Of Normandy, The Formidable Queen Who Steered England Through The Viking Age

Queen Emma of Normandy navigated both political instability and Viking usurpers on her way to becoming the richest and most powerful woman in England.