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The Oxford Electric Bell, one of the world’s oldest experiments, is powered by a battery working since the 19th century, but no one knows how
Pope Francis briefly worked as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub when a young man
Eliot Ness, the Untouchable agent who battled Al Capone, died a broke alcoholic at 55
The most dangerous set in cinema history: in 1931, 27 people lost their lives while filming the movie “The Viking”
Eat three eggs per day and no spouse required: the secret to longevity as revealed by one of the world’s oldest humans
Hours before his death, Edgar Allan Poe was found in the gutter, disheveled and raving
Ian Brady, serial killer behind the Moors Murders near Manchester in the mid-1960s, died in prison at age 79
Thanks to new imaging technology, archaeologists discover sophisticated network of Maya settlements, concealed by jungles of Guatemala until now
John F. Kennedy’s mistress was mysteriously murdered only three weeks after the Warren commission report was released
Roald Dahl, the writer of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was given a Viking funeral, and was buried with wine, snooker cues, pencils and a power saw
