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Researchers Locate The 1886 Shipwreck Of The Steamship Milwaukee On The Bottom Of Lake Michigan Using Newspaper Articles

The Michigan Shipwreck Research Association found the wreckage of the steamship Milwaukee in June 2023, 137 years after it sank following a collision with the C. Hickox.

By Austin Harvey • Apr 2, 2024

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Researchers Locate The 1886 Shipwreck Of The Steamship Milwaukee On The Bottom Of Lake Michigan Using Newspaper Articles

The Michigan Shipwreck Research Association found the wreckage of the steamship Milwaukee in June 2023, 137 years after it sank following a collision with the C. Hickox.

By Austin Harvey • April 2, 2024

Ohio Cold Case Solved After Witness Comes Forward 60 Years After Grisly Murder

After 60 years, Daisy Shelton's family finally has the answer to who brutally murdered her in 1963.

By Amber Morgan • Apr 2, 2024

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Ohio Cold Case Solved After Witness Comes Forward 60 Years After Grisly Murder

After 60 years, Daisy Shelton's family finally has the answer to who brutally murdered her in 1963.

By Amber Morgan • April 2, 2024

What Are Rat Kings, The Super-Rodents Made Of Tangled Tails?

A rat king forms when the tails of many rodents become tangled together, creating a disturbing creature that moves as one swarming mass of terror.

By Leah Silverman • Apr 2, 2024

What Are Rat Kings, The Super-Rodents Made Of Tangled Tails?

A rat king forms when the tails of many rodents become tangled together, creating a disturbing creature that moves as one swarming mass of terror.

By Leah Silverman • April 2, 2024

The Truth About Al Capone’s Net Worth And How He Lost Millions

With a vast criminal empire he built in 1920s Chicago, Al Capone's net worth reached the modern equivalent of $1.5 billion.

By Marco Margaritoff • Apr 2, 2024

The Truth About Al Capone’s Net Worth And How He Lost Millions

With a vast criminal empire he built in 1920s Chicago, Al Capone's net worth reached the modern equivalent of $1.5 billion.

By Marco Margaritoff • April 2, 2024

The History Of Thonis-Heracleion, The Ancient Egyptian City That Vanished Into The Mediterranean Sea

Known as Thonis to the Egyptians and Heracleion to the Greeks, Thonis-Heracleion was a bustling city at the mouth of the Nile River that served as the region's biggest port for centuries before it sank.

By Kaleena Fraga • Apr 1, 2024

The History Of Thonis-Heracleion, The Ancient Egyptian City That Vanished Into The Mediterranean Sea

Known as Thonis to the Egyptians and Heracleion to the Greeks, Thonis-Heracleion was a bustling city at the mouth of the Nile River that served as the region's biggest port for centuries before it sank.

By Kaleena Fraga • April 1, 2024

Archaeologists Discover Chinese Cemetery Containing Hundreds Of Relics From The Country’s Warring States Period

Curiously, the researchers also uncovered a burial containing a chariot and the skeletal remains of two horses. Archaeologists are hopeful that their findings will reveal more about one of China's most influential historical periods.

By Amber Morgan • Apr 1, 2024

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Archaeologists Discover Chinese Cemetery Containing Hundreds Of Relics From The Country’s Warring States Period

Curiously, the researchers also uncovered a burial containing a chariot and the skeletal remains of two horses. Archaeologists are hopeful that their findings will reveal more about one of China's most influential historical periods.

By Amber Morgan • April 1, 2024

8-Year-Old Girl Pulls 1,500-Year-Old Sword Out Of Swedish Lake

The discovery was kept a secret since July, but experts have since found further artifacts in the same area.

By Leah Silverman • Apr 1, 2024

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8-Year-Old Girl Pulls 1,500-Year-Old Sword Out Of Swedish Lake

The discovery was kept a secret since July, but experts have since found further artifacts in the same area.

By Leah Silverman • April 1, 2024

The Incredible Life Of Hugh Glass, The 19th-Century Frontiersman Whose Story Inspired ‘The Revenant’

Hugh Glass dragged himself over 200 miles to the nearest fort after being mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his fellow fur trappers. Then, he began his quest for revenge.

By Katie Serena • Apr 1, 2024

The Incredible Life Of Hugh Glass, The 19th-Century Frontiersman Whose Story Inspired ‘The Revenant’

Hugh Glass dragged himself over 200 miles to the nearest fort after being mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his fellow fur trappers. Then, he began his quest for revenge.

By Katie Serena • April 1, 2024

Inside Stalin’s “Cannibal Island,” The Soviet Gulag Where Prisoners Were Forced To Eat Each Other

In the 1930s, Joseph Stalin deported thousands of political opponents and prisoners to a barren, isolated gulag with so little food that it would soon become known as "Cannibal Island."

By Kaleena Fraga • Apr 1, 2024

Inside Stalin’s “Cannibal Island,” The Soviet Gulag Where Prisoners Were Forced To Eat Each Other

In the 1930s, Joseph Stalin deported thousands of political opponents and prisoners to a barren, isolated gulag with so little food that it would soon become known as "Cannibal Island."

By Kaleena Fraga • April 1, 2024

How Meyer Lansky Became The ‘Mob’s Accountant’ And Helped Create The Mafia As We Know It

Regarded as a financial genius in the criminal underworld, Meyer Lansky used Swiss bank accounts and shell companies to hide the Mafia's vast wealth from the FBI.

By Adam Farley • Mar 31, 2024

How Meyer Lansky Became The ‘Mob’s Accountant’ And Helped Create The Mafia As We Know It

Regarded as a financial genius in the criminal underworld, Meyer Lansky used Swiss bank accounts and shell companies to hide the Mafia's vast wealth from the FBI.

By Adam Farley • March 31, 2024