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What Was the First Banned Book in History?

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What Was the First Banned Book in History?

22 Creepy Cryptids From Around the World

You won't want to run into any of these cryptids.

22 Creepy Cryptids From Around the World

7 Highly Intriguing Victorian Halloween Traditions

Victorians saw Halloween as a time to worry about marriage. And bake cakes with needles in them.

7 Highly Intriguing Victorian Halloween Traditions

What Is HP Sauce? The Sticky History Behind the UK’s Favorite Brown Sauce

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What Is HP Sauce? The Sticky History Behind the UK’s Favorite Brown Sauce

Why Do We Tell People to Take Something 'With a Grain of Salt'?

A grain of salt a day keeps the misinformation away.

6 Interesting Facts About the Color Yellow

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Marie Antoinette’s Diamonds Are Hitting the Auction Block

A 1788 portrait of Marie Antoinette by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun.

A Newly Identified Vincent Van Gogh Sketch Is Going on Display for the First Time

Vincent van Gogh continues to surprise scholars.

20 Memorable Farts Heard 'Round the World

Not even cats were safe from being a part of the epic Japanese fart battles depicted in a series of art scrolls produced during the Edo period.

The Stories Behind 20 Inventions That Changed the World

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20 Headline-Making Animals

Laika, the first dog to go to space.

5 Riveting Facts About the Color Red

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10 Extremely Valuable Lost Treasures

The poster for 1912's Saved From the Titanic, a film you'll never see.

15 Mysterious Facts About Agatha Christie

British mystery author Agatha Christie autographing French editions of her books in 1950.

The Strange Stories Behind 10 Historical Body Parts

Jeremy Bentham's preserved head between the feet of his auto-icon, circa the 1950s.

12 Scrumdiddlyumptious Facts About Roald Dahl

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