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The Herero Genocide: Inside Germany’s First Mass Murder

Decades before the Holocaust, the German Empire committed the 20th century's first genocide.

By Richard Stockton • Jan 17, 2017

The Herero Genocide: Inside Germany’s First Mass Murder

Decades before the Holocaust, the German Empire committed the 20th century's first genocide.

By Richard Stockton • January 17, 2017

Archaeologists Unearth Pendant With Possible Connection To Anne Frank

While digging at a concentration camp site, researchers uncovered a charm with a haunting past.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 17, 2017

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Archaeologists Unearth Pendant With Possible Connection To Anne Frank

While digging at a concentration camp site, researchers uncovered a charm with a haunting past.

By All That's Interesting • January 17, 2017

The Dark Secret of America’s WWII German Death Camps

At the end of World War II, the U.S. opened camps of its own, where perhaps a million German prisoners died in secret.

By Richard Stockton • Jan 13, 2017

The Dark Secret of America’s WWII German Death Camps

At the end of World War II, the U.S. opened camps of its own, where perhaps a million German prisoners died in secret.

By Richard Stockton • January 13, 2017

Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 12, 2017

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Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought.

By All That's Interesting • January 12, 2017

Brand New Organ Discovered In Human Body By Irish Medical Researchers

Now called the mesentery, medical researchers overlooked this organ for centuries.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 4, 2017

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Brand New Organ Discovered In Human Body By Irish Medical Researchers

Now called the mesentery, medical researchers overlooked this organ for centuries.

By All That's Interesting • January 4, 2017

Devastating Civil Wars That Make America’s Look Tiny

The United States invaded Russia, Germany tore itself apart over religion, and hunger became a weapon in Africa. These domestic conflicts render America's Civil War puny by comparison.

By Richard Stockton • Dec 27, 2016

Devastating Civil Wars That Make America’s Look Tiny

The United States invaded Russia, Germany tore itself apart over religion, and hunger became a weapon in Africa. These domestic conflicts render America's Civil War puny by comparison.

By Richard Stockton • December 27, 2016

Scientists Identify Mysterious Sound Emanating From Marianas Trench

Scientists recently found a strange sound emanating from the deepest part of the ocean, and a new study claims to have identified its source. A drone picked up the eerie 3.5-second-long noise deep in the Pacific Ocean’s Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (whose lowest points sit nearly seven miles below...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 19, 2016

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Scientists Identify Mysterious Sound Emanating From Marianas Trench

Scientists recently found a strange sound emanating from the deepest part of the ocean, and a new study claims to have identified its source. A drone picked up the eerie 3.5-second-long noise deep in the Pacific Ocean’s Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (whose lowest points sit nearly seven miles below...

By All That's Interesting • December 19, 2016

The Forgotten Asian-American Family That Fought School Segregation First

This family fought school segregation in the Deep South — but not for the reasons you might think.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 17, 2016

The Forgotten Asian-American Family That Fought School Segregation First

This family fought school segregation in the Deep South — but not for the reasons you might think.

By All That's Interesting • December 17, 2016

Unearthed Mummy Child Upends Scientists’ Beliefs About Smallpox

Smallpox has had a devastating history, from ancient Egypt to its worldwide eradication about 35 years ago, but a mummified child recently found in a Lithuanian crypt is rewriting the virus’ storied past. Teeming with the remains of the virus, the mummified child had been between the ages of two...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 13, 2016

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Unearthed Mummy Child Upends Scientists’ Beliefs About Smallpox

Smallpox has had a devastating history, from ancient Egypt to its worldwide eradication about 35 years ago, but a mummified child recently found in a Lithuanian crypt is rewriting the virus’ storied past. Teeming with the remains of the virus, the mummified child had been between the ages of two...

By All That's Interesting • December 13, 2016

The Story Of The Doomed Franklin Expedition And The Mummified Body Of John Torrington Left Behind

John Torrington and the other Franklin expedition mummies remain haunting reminders of that lost 1845 voyage to the Arctic that saw sailors cannibalize their crewmates in their final, desperate days.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 18, 2016

The Story Of The Doomed Franklin Expedition And The Mummified Body Of John Torrington Left Behind

John Torrington and the other Franklin expedition mummies remain haunting reminders of that lost 1845 voyage to the Arctic that saw sailors cannibalize their crewmates in their final, desperate days.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 18, 2016