A Brief History of the Ouija Board
The Ouija board has terrified countless slumber party children and served as a plot vehicle in a number of Hollywood films. Here’s where it came from.
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This Website Allows You to See the Traditional Indigenous Territories and Languages in Your Region
You can see how North America, South America, New Zealand, and Australia, and more divided before colonists arrived.
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A Fifth Head for Mount Rushmore? Here Are Seven Famous Contenders
Who, if anybody, deserves a place alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt on the famous monument?
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Kaiser Permanente: Over 75,000 US healthcare workers go on strike
About 40% of Kaiser Permanente's workers walked off their jobs to call for higher wages and more staff.
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10 Blood-Curdling Facts About ‘Dracula’
In true undead style, Dracula holds up well: He’s as creepy today as he was when Bram Stoker invented him in 1897.
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15 Spooky Halloween Traditions and Their Origins
Love Halloween costumes and spooky decorations? Let’s dig a little deeper and learn the creepy stories behind the holiday's traditions, from carving pumpkins to munching on candy corn.
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US sanctions Chinese firms in crackdown on fentanyl supply chain
The move is part of efforts to target the supply chain of the drug amid the opioid crisis in the US.
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Watch Plastic Skeletons Being Made in a 1960s Factory
We're glad skeletons are usually made of plastic now.
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Maryland town swears in first Black council members in 200-year history
A Maryland town swore in Black lawmakers Monday for the first time in its 200-year history.
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How an Unfortunate Misunderstanding Spawned a Medieval Mummy-Eating Fad
Eating centuries-old mummies was a hot health trend in medieval Europe.
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What Was the First Banned Book in History?
As is often the case when you look back into history, there’s more than one possible answer. But one of the leading contenders has a fairly predictable culprit: the Puritans.
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Challenge to McCarthy's speakership would be first in over 100 years
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could make history this week -- though likely not in the way he wants.
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