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10 Surprising Facts About Sparks

Brothers Russell and Ron Mael in Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers (2021).

10 Surprising Facts About Sparks

The 16 Best Documentaries on Netflix Right Now

Tom Foster in My Octopus Teacher (2020).

The 16 Best Documentaries on Netflix Right Now

11 Amazing Facts About Sir David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough attends the launch of the London Wildlife Trust's new flagship nature reserve Woodberry Wetlands on April 30, 2016 in London.

11 Amazing Facts About Sir David Attenborough

From Extreme Catfishing to Wine Fraud, Here Are 6 Documentaries About Con Artists

A photo of magician James Randi, the subject of the documentary An Honest Liar.

From Extreme Catfishing to Wine Fraud, Here Are 6 Documentaries About Con Artists

Busting 10 Sleep Myths With Netflix's Headspace Guide to Sleep

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12 Facts About the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Robbery—the World's Biggest Art Heist

An FBI photograph of the crime scene after the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery, as seen in This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist (2021).

The 15 Best Nature Documentaries, According to Fans and Critics

Sir David Attenborough pictured in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, in David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020).

Onion Ring Scandals to Deadly Water Parks: Watch These 5 Docs When You Need a Break From True Crime

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10 Facts About Beulah Mae Donald, the Woman Who Took Down the KKK

Beulah Mae Donald in The People v. The Klan (2021).

MagellanTV Will Pay You $2400 to Binge-Watch 24 Hours’ Worth of True Crime Documentaries

Sit back and relax while other people track down the murderer.

What Is Reality? A Glitch in the Matrix Explores the Concept of Simulation Theory

A still from Rodney Ascher's A Glitch in the Matrix (2021).

10 Facts About MTV's The Real World

The Real World: San Francisco roommates Puck Rainey, Cory Murphy, Mohammed Bilal, Judd Winick, Pedro Zamora, Pam Ling, and Rachel Campos in 1994.

7 Facts About Los Angeles's Notorious Cecil Hotel

The exterior of Los Angeles's Cecil Hotel, as seen in Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021).

See the World From Home With the CuriosityStream Documentary Streaming Service

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American Murder: The Family Next Door: 6 Facts About Chris Watts and the Psychology of Family Killers

The Watts family is featured in American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020).

A New Documentary Investigates West Virginia’s Infamous Mothman

The Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.