The Real-Life Story Behind Queen Charlotte
Netflix takes several, steamy liberties with the historical record, but there was a real Queen Charlotte—and she was just as complicated as the TV version.
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Emma Roberts and Kim Kardashian headline the latest horrors in 'American Horror Story: Delicate'
"Restraint" is a seldom-used word in connection with "American Horror Story," where the emphasis often tilts more toward gory images and sadism than genuine scares. Yet working from a novel with a different writer appears to have imposed some welcome discipline on the 12th edition of the FX series, "Delicate," which owes a tonal debt to "Rosemary's Baby."
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11 Surprising Facts About Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
Here are the nuts and bolts about Mary Shelley's 200-year-old tale about what can go wrong when people play God.
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When Ernest Hemingway Walked Away From Two Plane Crashes Just Hours Apart
The novelist endured a crash in East Africa. Then his 'rescue' plane went down, too.
1970-01-01 08:00
Indonesian indigenous islanders are rallying against plans to build a Chinese funded factory on their homes
A plan to build a multi-billion dollar Chinese glass factory in Indonesia's Riau Islands Archipelago has sparked fierce protests from indigenous islanders who are opposed to their villages being torn down.
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6 Creepy Victorian Ghost Stories to Read Right Now
These stories need no contrivances to create places that are lonely and old, a place where bad things are kept hushed up instead of dealt with.
1970-01-01 08:00
Somerset WWII memorial service remembers Canadian aircrew
The memorial remembers five men who were on a Canadian Wellington Bomber that crashed in Broomfield.
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Which players, teams and coaches have the most NBA championships?
If winning is the ultimate measure of NBA success, which players, teams and coaches have captured the most championships in the NBA history?
1970-01-01 08:00
The Origins of 8 Literary Clichés
Clichés are viewed as a sign of lazy writing, but they didn’t develop that reputation over night.
1970-01-01 08:00
The Girl With the Green Ribbon: A Grisly History of ‘Headless Woman’ Stories
Precursors to the story about the girl with the green ribbon were written by Washington Irving, Alexandre Dumas, and more famous authors.
1970-01-01 08:00
A Brief History of Pizza
The history of pizza is a large pie—half Margherita and half lies. Let’s take a bite out of pizza’s past, covering styles from Neapolitan and New York to Sicilian and St. Louis and beyond.
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8 Historical Accounts of Werewolves
Turning into a werewolf was a popular pastime in 16th-century France.
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