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The Little-Known Story Of The Sole World War I Battle Fought In America

The residents of the Massachusetts town braved the falling shells and swarmed the beach to look in awe at the battle before them.

By Gabe Paoletti • Jul 24, 2017

The Little-Known Story Of The Sole World War I Battle Fought In America

The residents of the Massachusetts town braved the falling shells and swarmed the beach to look in awe at the battle before them.

By Gabe Paoletti • July 24, 2017

Man Takes Home 550-Pound WWII Bomb And Now His Whole Neighborhood Has To Be Evacuated

After finding the bomb while treasure hunting with his kids, the man put it in his truck and drove it to his home located near the village church.

By John Kuroski • Jul 24, 2017

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Man Takes Home 550-Pound WWII Bomb And Now His Whole Neighborhood Has To Be Evacuated

After finding the bomb while treasure hunting with his kids, the man put it in his truck and drove it to his home located near the village church.

By John Kuroski • July 24, 2017

The Collyer Brothers: The Original Hoarders Of The 1930s

The Collyer brothers holed up inside their house for more than a decade, amassing 120 tons of junk that ultimately killed them.

By Gabe Paoletti • Jul 18, 2017

The Collyer Brothers: The Original Hoarders Of The 1930s

The Collyer brothers holed up inside their house for more than a decade, amassing 120 tons of junk that ultimately killed them.

By Gabe Paoletti • July 18, 2017

12 Deranged Rulers Too Outlandish For The History Textbooks

With great power comes great responsibility — and, it turns out, great cruelty, sadism, violence, delusion, and sexual deviancy.

By All That's Interesting • Jul 14, 2017

12 Deranged Rulers Too Outlandish For The History Textbooks

With great power comes great responsibility — and, it turns out, great cruelty, sadism, violence, delusion, and sexual deviancy.

By All That's Interesting • July 14, 2017

“The Modern Young Girl Is A Delight”: Flapper Fashion Of The Jazz Age

Flapper fashion meant embracing your freedom from constrictive corsetry and flaunting the luxurious designs of the Jazz Age.

By Kellen Perry • Jul 11, 2017

“The Modern Young Girl Is A Delight”: Flapper Fashion Of The Jazz Age

Flapper fashion meant embracing your freedom from constrictive corsetry and flaunting the luxurious designs of the Jazz Age.

By Kellen Perry • July 11, 2017

The Decade That Taste Forgot: Lavish And Luxe Interiors Of The 1970s

To neo-bohemian Millennials hooked on “the Brooklyn look”, the matchy-matchy maximalism and unhinged hedonism of 1970s luxury interior design must look as fussy in its forethought and dusty in its formalism as the century-old trappings of Downton Abbey or other binge-worthy period pablum. These hypothetical hipsters aren’t wrong: The 1970s...

By Kellen Perry • Jul 6, 2017

The Decade That Taste Forgot: Lavish And Luxe Interiors Of The 1970s

To neo-bohemian Millennials hooked on “the Brooklyn look”, the matchy-matchy maximalism and unhinged hedonism of 1970s luxury interior design must look as fussy in its forethought and dusty in its formalism as the century-old trappings of Downton Abbey or other binge-worthy period pablum. These hypothetical hipsters aren’t wrong: The 1970s...

By Kellen Perry • July 6, 2017

Why People Make — And Are Fascinated By — Crop Circles

Mysterious circles have "appeared" on farms since the mid-1970s. But the most interesting thing about crop circles is our reaction to them.

By Richard Stockton • Jul 6, 2017

Why People Make — And Are Fascinated By — Crop Circles

Mysterious circles have "appeared" on farms since the mid-1970s. But the most interesting thing about crop circles is our reaction to them.

By Richard Stockton • July 6, 2017

The Bizarre Hanging Coffins Of China And The Philippines

Hanging coffins are a unique custom in China dating back to the 8th century, when people would hang the bodies of the deceased off cliffs.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 22, 2017

The Bizarre Hanging Coffins Of China And The Philippines

Hanging coffins are a unique custom in China dating back to the 8th century, when people would hang the bodies of the deceased off cliffs.

By All That's Interesting • June 22, 2017

Abandoned Bunnies Are Multiplying And Taking Over Las Vegas

The biggest problem facing Sin City may not be what you think it is.

By Krissy Howard • Jun 22, 2017

Abandoned Bunnies Are Multiplying And Taking Over Las Vegas

The biggest problem facing Sin City may not be what you think it is.

By Krissy Howard • June 22, 2017

Seppuku: Inside The Ancient Samurai Suicide Ritual

These fascinating facts illuminate the grisly ritualistic suicide practice of seppuku once carried out by Japan's elite samurai.

By Joel Stice • Jun 21, 2017

Seppuku: Inside The Ancient Samurai Suicide Ritual

These fascinating facts illuminate the grisly ritualistic suicide practice of seppuku once carried out by Japan's elite samurai.

By Joel Stice • June 21, 2017

4 Grisly Killers Who Successfully Used Sleepwalking As A Criminal Defense

Sleepwalking has been a controversial criminal defense since its first use in 1846, with some going so far as to call it a “Twinkie” defense (or a legally dubious explanation for committing a given crime). In spite of this defense’s hard-to-believe nature, however, defense attorneys in the landmark cases below were...

By All That's Interesting • Jun 21, 2017

4 Grisly Killers Who Successfully Used Sleepwalking As A Criminal Defense

Sleepwalking has been a controversial criminal defense since its first use in 1846, with some going so far as to call it a “Twinkie” defense (or a legally dubious explanation for committing a given crime). In spite of this defense’s hard-to-believe nature, however, defense attorneys in the landmark cases below were...

By All That's Interesting • June 21, 2017