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The history of the gymnasium: from a school for naked exercise to wellness empire
Séance shock queen: Spiritualist Eva Carrière and the era of ectoplasm
“Sam told me what to do,” a Yonkers postal worker named David Berkowitz told police who accused him of serial murders
Astounding discovery: There was life on Earth some 3.5 billion years ago in oxygen-devoid environment
When Julius Caesar brought the first giraffe to Europe, the perplexed Romans called it a “cameleopard”
Turkish women had a legal right to divorce if their husbands forbade them from going to hammams, the traditional steam baths
Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: These 19th century fur trade gatherings turned into wild wilderness parties
The city of Persepolis underscored the immense power of ancient Persia
Actors who turned down legendary movie roles – Tom Hanks as Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption
Shaka Zulu, the man who forged a feared empire out of a tiny tribe in southern Africa
