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Steam Train Maury, the Hobo King

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Steam Train Maury, the Hobo King

Occultist, Charlatan, Adventurer—Who Was Count Cagliostro?

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Occultist, Charlatan, Adventurer—Who Was Count Cagliostro?

Annie Londonderry, First Woman to Cycle Around The World

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Annie Londonderry, First Woman to Cycle Around The World

Edith Clifford, the Early 20th Century's Most Amazing Female Sword Swallower

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Edith Clifford, the Early 20th Century's Most Amazing Female Sword Swallower

Rasputin’s Daughter Maria Was as Fascinating as the ‘Mad Monk’ Himself

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Olive Oatman, the Pioneer Girl Abducted by Native Americans Who Returned a Marked Woman

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Jeanne Baret, First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe

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Thomas Farrell, the Man Who Built the World

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Theodore Maiman, Inventor of the Laser

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Ruth Fertel, founder of Ruth’s Chris Steak House

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Edsger Dijkstra, Computer Scientist

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Albert Ellis, Pioneering Psychologist

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Chuck Jones, animator of Looney Tunes

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Leonard Stringfield, Ufologist

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José Capablanca, World Chess Champion

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Arthur Eichengrün, Inventor of Aspirin

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