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With the help of his friend Mark Twain, Grant finished his memoirs—and saved his wife from an impoverished widowhood—just days before he died

Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh that serves only ethnic foods from countries with which the United States is in conflict. The menu focuses on one nation at a time, rotating every three to five months, and features related educational…

The estate's archivist has discovered enough unreleased music to release a new album every year for the next century.

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As one local jokes, "One whiff and you're stiff."

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William Walker, adventurer, filibuster, and revolutionary leader who succeeded in making himself president of Nicaragua (1856–57). In 1850 he migrated to California, where his interest in a colonization scheme in Lower California developed into filibustering…

President Kennedy isn't the only famous person to have lost a body part after death; Einstein, Beethoven and Galileo are among many others who rest in pieces

From Batsuits to Lawsuits, Hollywood Studios have a long history of hiding profits to claim that enormous hits were actually flops. How do they do this, and why?

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Making of Marrried... with Children with Al Bundy, Peggy Bundy, Kelly Bundy and Bud Bundy

Hedviga Golik made herself a cup of tea and sat down to watch some television in her hometown of Zagreb, Croatia. Sadly, she died in her chair. This was in 1966. She was just found, 42 years later, in her time capsule mausoleum where she's been sitting ever…

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A 24-year-old IT analyst is arrested for allegedly hacking into a public billboard to stream a pornographic film during rush hour in Jakarta, Indonesia.

On this day in 1930, the BBC played piano music because there was no news.

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Study indicates early marriage, male violence and patriarchal culture are to blame