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American criminal and murder victim

Erwin Kreuz (born 1927) was a West German tourist to the United States who achieved international celebrity status in the late 1970s for mistaking the city of Bangor, Maine for San Francisco, California. The incident made Kreuz a folkloric figure whose story…

book by Bill Watterson

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A handwriting expert has claimed that the ransom note in the JonBenet Ramsey case was likely written by the murdered girl's mum.

Above the mantlepiece in the living room of Janette Fennell's home, there's a painting in whites and pinks and sweeping blues and yellows. At the center, an...

death of people attributable, in part, to following satellite navigation directions or maps

village in Massachusetts, United States

Two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamun are the twin children of the teenage pharaoh, according to the anatomist who first studied his mummified remains in the 1960s.

"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Her country version of the track was released in 1974 as a single and was written as a farewell to her former partner and mentor of seven…

The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is by far…

early 20th-century epidemic in the USA

During the sinking of the Titanic, Joughin and the other chefs assigned themselves the task of bringing food and supplies to put aboard the lifeboats. Along with stewards and other seamen, Joughin helped women and children onto the lifeboats.

former incarceration building

hot spring hotel in Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, Founded in 705 AD, it is the oldest hotel and one of the oldest companies in operation

poem by Gaius Valerius Catullus

Knowing how slowly the trees grow, the Swedish Royal Navy was thinking awfully far ahead.

According to recent studies, it appears gingers need extra anesthesia to put them under during surgery. The same gene that gives redheads their hair color is apparently responsible for the way the body handles pain.

David Bowie’s extraordinary life and career told in his own words.