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Though you probably remember learning all about Quakers and their doctrine of the "Inner Light" in middle school, your teacher probably didn't tell you that James Dean was one.

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In 1988, one year before 'Cops' began asking the bad boys of America “What'cha gonna do when they come for you?,” noted victims’ advocate John Walsh was turning every American with access to Fox into a potential crime-solver on 'America’s Most Wanted'.

Jennifer M Wood


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In Wilt Chamberlain's 1991 book, 'A View From Above,' the basketball great claimed to have slept with 20,000 different women during his life. Let's check his math on the basketball legend's most famous statistic.

Eddie Deezen




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Social media is buzzing about Netflix's unexpected release of 'The Cloverfield Paradox' during Super Bowl LII. But let's take a look back at the movie that started it all 10 years ago.

Garin Pirnia




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Parks didn't set out to become "the first lady of civil rights," but a powerful act of defiance turned her into an icon for the ages.

Jennifer M Wood