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Inside Life On Migingo Island, The Bustling Half-Acre Rock In Lake Victoria

Though it’s only half the size of a soccer field, Migingo Island is home to some 500 people, making it one of the most densely populated places on Earth.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 9, 2021

Inside Life On Migingo Island, The Bustling Half-Acre Rock In Lake Victoria

Though it’s only half the size of a soccer field, Migingo Island is home to some 500 people, making it one of the most densely populated places on Earth.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 9, 2021

This Is How 15 Other Countries Around The World Celebrate Thanksgiving

Discover which countries outside the United States celebrate Thanksgiving, from Liberia and Ghana to China and Japan.

By Bernadette Deron • Nov 7, 2021

This Is How 15 Other Countries Around The World Celebrate Thanksgiving

Discover which countries outside the United States celebrate Thanksgiving, from Liberia and Ghana to China and Japan.

By Bernadette Deron • November 7, 2021

9 Abandoned Airports And The Tragic Stories Behind Them

Ever since they were deserted, these abandoned airports have all sat empty. Eerily, some of them were never used at all.

By Erin Kelly • Nov 7, 2021

9 Abandoned Airports And The Tragic Stories Behind Them

Ever since they were deserted, these abandoned airports have all sat empty. Eerily, some of them were never used at all.

By Erin Kelly • November 7, 2021

This Pole-Dancing Monkey Belonging To Texas Coach Jeff Banks’ Girlfriend Allegedly Attacked A Child On Halloween

The monkey is a capuchin named Gia and belongs to Danielle Thomas, who once performed pole dance routines with it under the name "Pole Assassin."

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 4, 2021

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This Pole-Dancing Monkey Belonging To Texas Coach Jeff Banks’ Girlfriend Allegedly Attacked A Child On Halloween

The monkey is a capuchin named Gia and belongs to Danielle Thomas, who once performed pole dance routines with it under the name "Pole Assassin."

By Kaleena Fraga • November 4, 2021

Meet The Australian Quokka, The Smiling Marsupial That Poses For Cute Selfies

Known as the world's happiest animal, the smiling quokka of Western Australia's Rottnest Island is like an excitable kangaroo that's the size of a cat.

By Erin Kelly • Nov 4, 2021

Meet The Australian Quokka, The Smiling Marsupial That Poses For Cute Selfies

Known as the world's happiest animal, the smiling quokka of Western Australia's Rottnest Island is like an excitable kangaroo that's the size of a cat.

By Erin Kelly • November 4, 2021

Excavations At A Roman Amphitheater In England Just Revealed Holding Cells Where Gladiators Waited Before Fights To The Death

Archeologists say that the amphitheater in Richborough, Kent, could hold up to 5,000 spectators who cheered on charging gladiators and roaring wild animals in epic fights.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 1, 2021

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Excavations At A Roman Amphitheater In England Just Revealed Holding Cells Where Gladiators Waited Before Fights To The Death

Archeologists say that the amphitheater in Richborough, Kent, could hold up to 5,000 spectators who cheered on charging gladiators and roaring wild animals in epic fights.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 1, 2021

City Officials Plan To Search For Bodies At Site Of Former New Mexico Indian School

The defunct Alburquerque Indian School ran from 1881 until the 1980s and its grounds may hold 75 - 100 bodies.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 26, 2021

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City Officials Plan To Search For Bodies At Site Of Former New Mexico Indian School

The defunct Alburquerque Indian School ran from 1881 until the 1980s and its grounds may hold 75 - 100 bodies.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 26, 2021

Three Abandoned Children Found Living With Deceased Sibling In Texas Apartment

The children, ages 15, 10, and seven, had been left alone in their Houston apartment for an "extended period of time."

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 25, 2021

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Three Abandoned Children Found Living With Deceased Sibling In Texas Apartment

The children, ages 15, 10, and seven, had been left alone in their Houston apartment for an "extended period of time."

By Kaleena Fraga • October 25, 2021

Inside The Atacama Desert, The Chilean Plateau That Looks Like Mars

The driest nonpolar desert on planet Earth, northern Chile's Atacama Desert is like a Martian landscape that's nestled between the Andes Mountains and South America's Pacific coast.

By Savannah Cox • Oct 23, 2021

Inside The Atacama Desert, The Chilean Plateau That Looks Like Mars

The driest nonpolar desert on planet Earth, northern Chile's Atacama Desert is like a Martian landscape that's nestled between the Andes Mountains and South America's Pacific coast.

By Savannah Cox • October 23, 2021

Archaeologists Discover The World’s Earliest Narrative Carving — And It’s A Man Holding His Penis Surrounded By Leopards

The relief was found in 2021 at a Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey that archaeologists date back roughly 11,000 years.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 22, 2021

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Archaeologists Discover The World’s Earliest Narrative Carving — And It’s A Man Holding His Penis Surrounded By Leopards

The relief was found in 2021 at a Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey that archaeologists date back roughly 11,000 years.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 22, 2021

Researchers Just Confirmed The Exact Date When Vikings Lived In North America — 500 Years Before Columbus

Wooden artifacts from the Norse settlement L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland show that the Vikings were living in the Americas by at least the year 1021.

By Kaleena Fraga • Oct 21, 2021

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Researchers Just Confirmed The Exact Date When Vikings Lived In North America — 500 Years Before Columbus

Wooden artifacts from the Norse settlement L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland show that the Vikings were living in the Americas by at least the year 1021.

By Kaleena Fraga • October 21, 2021

Inside Byberry Mental Hospital, The Philadelphia Asylum That Was Worse Than Any Horror Movie

The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry tormented its patients with almost no consequences from its opening in 1911 until it was finally shut down in 1990.

By Erin Kelly • Oct 21, 2021

Inside Byberry Mental Hospital, The Philadelphia Asylum That Was Worse Than Any Horror Movie

The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry tormented its patients with almost no consequences from its opening in 1911 until it was finally shut down in 1990.

By Erin Kelly • October 21, 2021