Wildfires are one of the most destructive natural disasters. They can occur naturally, such as by lightning strikes or by human-made sparks. Ranging from a low smolder just below the soil to flames licking the sky from the tops of forests, wildfires vary in size and scope. While many wildfires are necessary for local environments […]
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Human beings are remarkably resilient in the face of adversity. People survive being trapped in freezing waters, climbing the peaks of the highest mountains, and traversing arid deserts. For every extreme environment or tragedy, there is a story of a person who survived against all odds. This holds true even for the eruption of Mount
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At the heart of public interest in cold cases lies two drawing factors: the sickening behavior that depraved sociopaths are willing to go to, and the mystery that remains from unsolved cases. But when the bodies of the missing people are found with no explanation for what caused their deaths, and the few existing testimonies
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The counterculture movement dominated the 1960s in America. Young people sought new forms of expression that highlighted their individualism and spirituality while emphasizing anti-establishment attitudes and advocating for equality. This led to many young people experimenting with drugs and new ideologies, and sometimes this led them to dark places. Susan Atkins, a follower of the
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Sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll: this phrase originated from LIFE magazine in 1969. It was used to describe the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s. It was a description which has become a badge of pride for punk movements ever since. Since the 1960s, and in some cases even earlier, the lives of
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Karma holds that if you do something good for someone, something good will also happen to you. This seemed to hold true for the people in the town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. In 2020, Austrian man Eric Schwam left over 2 million Euros to the town in his will. It was a thank you to the
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True crime is popular for two major reasons. People love the mystery of unsolved cases and the depths of human depravity. They also love the conclusion of knowing some criminals get caught for their crimes. Unfortunately, the latter is much less common than the former, even with the most heinous of crimes. One such case
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Roman aqueducts were, and still are, an impressive feat of engineering. Designed to transport water over almost impossibly long distances, they were the veins carrying the lifeblood of the Roman Empire and sustained life across the vast stretches of its borders. They stretched across Europe and brought the various communities the Romans conquered together. They
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Two-thirds of American households own a pet, most commonly dogs, cats, and fish. A small percentage of pet owners, though, have more exotic tastes and take in less common animals, such as tigers or peacocks. One such family was Sandra and Jerome Herold, who in 2001 adopted a chimpanzee from a Missouri compound. They named
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In 1941, Speck was born in Kirkwood, Illinois to Benjamin Speck and Mary Carbaugh, religious teetotalers. A teetotaler is someone who is completely abstinent from alcohol and refuses to drink, usually on religious grounds. This alcohol-free, disciplined environment is what Speck grew up with for the first six years of his life before his father
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