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The “Walk of Shame” in Game of Thrones was inspired by the ordeal of 15th century royal mistress Jane Shore, “the Rose of London”
How a rival to Dickens who wrote “neck-and-axe romances” transformed the Tower of London from dreariness to tourist destination
The Aztec Death Whistle: Listeners say it sounds like the wail of a thousand tortured souls
What happened at the crossroads: Blues legend Robert Johnson and his deal with the Devil
The baffling Piri Reis Map of 1513: It showed Antarctica centuries before discovery, but without its ice cap
The Astronaut who took this photo is the only human, Dead or Alive, that isn’t in the frame of this 1969 picture
Tintagel Castle on the bluffs of Cornwall is revealing its surprising secrets
Hattie McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind,” the first African-American to win an Oscar, battled discrimination even at the Academy Awards ceremony
St. Albans Raid: They said they were Canadian tourists, but the visitors were Confederate soldiers planning an attack on Vermont
Using this world map with literal meanings of each country’s name, discover which ones mean “Land of Many Rabbits,” “I Go to the Beach,” and “Hippopotamus”
