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18 Fascinating Facts About Muammar Gaddafi

These Muammar Gaddafi facts illustrate that this controversial Libyan leader is marked by both unparalleled successes and dramatic failures.

By Richard Stockton • Nov 1, 2016

18 Fascinating Facts About Muammar Gaddafi

These Muammar Gaddafi facts illustrate that this controversial Libyan leader is marked by both unparalleled successes and dramatic failures.

By Richard Stockton • November 1, 2016

The Most Outlandish CIA Programs Of The Cold War

Inside the CIA's Cold War-era plans for mind control, psychic spies, and one horrifying cat.

By All That's Interesting • Oct 30, 2016

The Most Outlandish CIA Programs Of The Cold War

Inside the CIA's Cold War-era plans for mind control, psychic spies, and one horrifying cat.

By All That's Interesting • October 30, 2016

Fatal Familial Insomnia: The Sleep Disorder That Ends In Death

Some people suffer from occasional insomnia, but for those with this disease, sleepless nights lead to death.

By Krissy Howard • Oct 22, 2016

Fatal Familial Insomnia: The Sleep Disorder That Ends In Death

Some people suffer from occasional insomnia, but for those with this disease, sleepless nights lead to death.

By Krissy Howard • October 22, 2016

21 Theodore Roosevelt Quotes That’ll Teach You How To Truly Live Your Life

Theodore Roosevelt quotes on everything from America's true purpose to racial equality to the characteristics that make a good person.

By Elisabeth Sherman • Oct 21, 2016

21 Theodore Roosevelt Quotes That’ll Teach You How To Truly Live Your Life

Theodore Roosevelt quotes on everything from America's true purpose to racial equality to the characteristics that make a good person.

By Elisabeth Sherman • October 21, 2016

Anders Behring Breivik And The Deadliest Mass Shooting In Norway’s History

"I would have done it again. I have carried out the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack committed in Europe since the Second World War."

By John Kuroski • Oct 20, 2016

Anders Behring Breivik And The Deadliest Mass Shooting In Norway’s History

"I would have done it again. I have carried out the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack committed in Europe since the Second World War."

By John Kuroski • October 20, 2016

5 Monsters Who Received Appallingly Light Sentences For Horrifying Crimes

Sometimes, the punishment really doesn't fit the crime.

By Erin Kelly • Oct 20, 2016

5 Monsters Who Received Appallingly Light Sentences For Horrifying Crimes

Sometimes, the punishment really doesn't fit the crime.

By Erin Kelly • October 20, 2016

Man Breaks World Record For Paddling In Giant Pumpkin

This past Saturday, it turns out that not one but two men were trying to break the world record for greatest distance paddled while floating in a giant pumpkin. But history doesn’t care about losers and thus the world will only remember Fergus Falls, Minn.’s Rick Swenson, who paddled a...

By All That's Interesting • Oct 19, 2016

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Man Breaks World Record For Paddling In Giant Pumpkin

This past Saturday, it turns out that not one but two men were trying to break the world record for greatest distance paddled while floating in a giant pumpkin. But history doesn’t care about losers and thus the world will only remember Fergus Falls, Minn.’s Rick Swenson, who paddled a...

By All That's Interesting • October 19, 2016

Inside Oregon’s “White Utopia” Origins

The state is considered a hub for progressive thought, but does history back up this claim?

By Elisabeth Sherman • Oct 19, 2016

Inside Oregon’s “White Utopia” Origins

The state is considered a hub for progressive thought, but does history back up this claim?

By Elisabeth Sherman • October 19, 2016

Nazi Weapons: 23 Crazy Devices Only They Could Have Dreamed Up

From the Vampir to the Fire Lilly to the Sun Gun, these outlandish Nazi weapons would have been devastating if they'd ever seen much action.

By John Kuroski • Oct 18, 2016

Nazi Weapons: 23 Crazy Devices Only They Could Have Dreamed Up

From the Vampir to the Fire Lilly to the Sun Gun, these outlandish Nazi weapons would have been devastating if they'd ever seen much action.

By John Kuroski • October 18, 2016

In The ’70s, Halloween Looked Like This For New York City’s Kids

Photographer Larry Racioppo is a people person. “I interact with people, I photograph them head on. As much as I can, I bring them back photos when I know I’m going to see them again,” he told ATI over the phone. Racioppo began photographing Halloween revelers around his native New...

By All That's Interesting • Oct 17, 2016

In The ’70s, Halloween Looked Like This For New York City’s Kids

Photographer Larry Racioppo is a people person. “I interact with people, I photograph them head on. As much as I can, I bring them back photos when I know I’m going to see them again,” he told ATI over the phone. Racioppo began photographing Halloween revelers around his native New...

By All That's Interesting • October 17, 2016

37 Haunting Portraits Of 19th Century Mental Asylum Patients

The mental asylums of 19th century England housed the criminal, the insane, and the unwanted. These are their portraits.

By Alexander Baldwin • Oct 17, 2016

37 Haunting Portraits Of 19th Century Mental Asylum Patients

The mental asylums of 19th century England housed the criminal, the insane, and the unwanted. These are their portraits.

By Alexander Baldwin • October 17, 2016