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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 150,000 last names and at least 5,100 first names in common use in America. It stands to reason, then, that there would be a number of...
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Throughout history, there have been many instances where renowned individuals have met their untimely demise while in transit, whether in the skies or on the road. These incidents serve as reminders...
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After the Supreme Court overturned the landmark abortion case of Roe v. Wade in June, Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong told London concertgoers that he was going to renounce his U.S....
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Whether it is running the affairs of state or directing complicated military maneuvers, age has not necessarily been a hindrance to wartime leadership. To compile a list of the oldest wartime leaders...
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During the 2020 financial year, the Internal Revenue Service issued almost 34 million penalties against individual and estate and trust income taxes, generating $14 billion in tax income. The most...
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In the frontier towns of the Wild West, men generally outnumbered women at least three to one, and in some mining camps the population could be up to 90% male. In these semi-lawless areas, where...
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On Feb. 19, Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former president in U.S. history, entered home hospice care. The 98-year-old Carter, who was diagnosed with cancer, subsequently cured, in 2015 and more...
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Most of us have been affected, at some point in our lives, by the loss of someone close to us. Being famous or holding a prominent position doesn’t make the pain any less severe – and through our...
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When they’re not trying to put them on a pedestal, the entertainment media tries to humanize celebrities by saying they’re “just like us.” That would include human failings, and celebrities...
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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons database maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice lists more than 600,000 people that vanish at least temporarily each year. Luckily, most missing...
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Distance running started to become popular in the U.S. in the 1970s – apparently inspired largely by Frank Shorter’s gold medal marathon run at the 1972 Munich Olympics – and there are no signs...
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Almost 2.4 million soldiers fought in the Civil War – about 1.56 million for the North and probably 800,000 for the South (records for the Confederate are incomplete). Estimates of the total number...
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History’s most fiendish female criminals are not limited by social status, geography, or a particular time period. What connects them are unspeakable acts, in some cases triggered by an abusive...
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This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Colman Andrews. Republican president Abraham Lincoln, who served from 1861 until his...
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Whether it’s in novels, television series, or motion pictures, spies have always intrigued us. Theirs is a life lived on the edge, where motives are questioned, and sometimes we’re not sure what...
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