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Meet Alice Guy-Blaché, The First Female Filmmaker In The World

In the early 1900s, Alice Guy-Blaché directed one of the first narrative films and founded her own studio before the glory days of Hollywood. But then, she nearly disappeared from history.

By Victoria Linchong • May 10, 2021

Meet Alice Guy-Blaché, The First Female Filmmaker In The World

In the early 1900s, Alice Guy-Blaché directed one of the first narrative films and founded her own studio before the glory days of Hollywood. But then, she nearly disappeared from history.

By Victoria Linchong • May 10, 2021

Cave Near Rome Yields Nine Neanderthals That Were Hunted And Eaten By Stone Age Hyenas

When the first Neanderthal skull was discovered with a hole carved in it, paleontologists thought it was a sign of ritual cannibalism — but now know hyenas were the predators.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 10, 2021

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Cave Near Rome Yields Nine Neanderthals That Were Hunted And Eaten By Stone Age Hyenas

When the first Neanderthal skull was discovered with a hole carved in it, paleontologists thought it was a sign of ritual cannibalism — but now know hyenas were the predators.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 10, 2021

Meet James Morison, The 19th-Century Quack Doctor Who Tried To Cure Everything With Laxatives

James Morison claimed that his vegetable pills could cure anything from smallpox to dysentery — and thousands of British people believed him.

By Marc Hartzman • May 9, 2021

Meet James Morison, The 19th-Century Quack Doctor Who Tried To Cure Everything With Laxatives

James Morison claimed that his vegetable pills could cure anything from smallpox to dysentery — and thousands of British people believed him.

By Marc Hartzman • May 9, 2021

The Slender Man Stabbing: How An Internet Meme Led Two 12-Year-Old Girls To Attempt Murder

"It was weird," said Morgan Geyser of the Slender Man stabbing of Payton Leutner. "I felt no remorse. I thought I would... I actually felt nothing."

By Hannah McKennett • May 9, 2021

The Slender Man Stabbing: How An Internet Meme Led Two 12-Year-Old Girls To Attempt Murder

"It was weird," said Morgan Geyser of the Slender Man stabbing of Payton Leutner. "I felt no remorse. I thought I would... I actually felt nothing."

By Hannah McKennett • May 9, 2021

Explore Singer Castle, New York’s Turn-Of-The-Century Palace Filled With Secret Passageways And A Dungeon

Built in 1905 by eccentric sewing machine magnate Frederick Bourne, Singer Castle looms over Dark Island like a modern medieval fortress.

By Erin Kelly • May 8, 2021

Explore Singer Castle, New York’s Turn-Of-The-Century Palace Filled With Secret Passageways And A Dungeon

Built in 1905 by eccentric sewing machine magnate Frederick Bourne, Singer Castle looms over Dark Island like a modern medieval fortress.

By Erin Kelly • May 8, 2021

How The Murder Of Vincent Chin Galvanized The Fight For Asian American Rights

On June 19, 1982, a Chinese American man named Vincent Chin was clubbed to death by two white men in Detroit. His killers didn't spend a single day in jail.

By Victoria Linchong • May 7, 2021

How The Murder Of Vincent Chin Galvanized The Fight For Asian American Rights

On June 19, 1982, a Chinese American man named Vincent Chin was clubbed to death by two white men in Detroit. His killers didn't spend a single day in jail.

By Victoria Linchong • May 7, 2021

This Week In History News, May 2 – 8

Bones of Black children killed in 1985 police bombing used in Ivy League anthropology class, World War I artifacts revealed by melting glacier, ancient Egyptian mummy found to be pregnant.

By All That's Interesting • May 7, 2021

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This Week In History News, May 2 – 8

Bones of Black children killed in 1985 police bombing used in Ivy League anthropology class, World War I artifacts revealed by melting glacier, ancient Egyptian mummy found to be pregnant.

By All That's Interesting • May 7, 2021

Melting Glacier Reveals World War I Shelter And Artifacts In The Italian Alps

"The artifacts are a representation, like a time machine, of... the extreme conditions of life during the First World War."

By Kaleena Fraga • May 5, 2021

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Melting Glacier Reveals World War I Shelter And Artifacts In The Italian Alps

"The artifacts are a representation, like a time machine, of... the extreme conditions of life during the First World War."

By Kaleena Fraga • May 5, 2021

The Tragic Story Of Tyke, The ‘Elephant Outlaw’ Who Was Killed By Police

On August 20, 1994, Tyke the elephant tried to escape her abusive circus in Hawaii. But sadly, she only enjoyed a half-hour of freedom before she was shot dead.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 4, 2021

The Tragic Story Of Tyke, The ‘Elephant Outlaw’ Who Was Killed By Police

On August 20, 1994, Tyke the elephant tried to escape her abusive circus in Hawaii. But sadly, she only enjoyed a half-hour of freedom before she was shot dead.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 4, 2021

Belgian Farmer Accidentally Redraws Country’s Border By Moving Stone Blocking His Tractor

For the last 200 years, the stone has marked the Franco-Belgian border in accordance with an 1820 treaty.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 4, 2021

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Belgian Farmer Accidentally Redraws Country’s Border By Moving Stone Blocking His Tractor

For the last 200 years, the stone has marked the Franco-Belgian border in accordance with an 1820 treaty.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 4, 2021