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It is well overdue that this particular rumour about Russian empress Catherine the Great is sent to the glue factory ...

Deliverance 2, how did the team of developers at Warhorse Studios balance historical accuracy with the demands of gameplay?

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

What might have happened if JFK never made it to the US presidency? In December 1960, one man plotted to make that a reality.

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According to Japanese mythology, the thrashing of a giant subterranean catfish causes the earthquakes that wreak havoc on the ...

Redneck is a divisive term in the United States. Today it is often viewed as a slur, to refer to a working-class, uneducated, white American from the rural South or Appalachian region. To many, it ...