Scientists Measure The Biggest Black Hole In The Local Universe
At 40 billion times the weight of the Sun, this black hole accounts for 2.5 percent of the mass of the entire Milky Way galaxy....
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The 10 Most Controversial On-Screen Portrayals Of Adolf Hitler
From actors who did extensive research to those who chose not to portray the Führer accurately at all, these Hitler movies reveal wildly different takes...
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‘CrazyMothers’ Anti-Vax Group Wants Us To Stop Saying ‘Anti-Vax’ Because It ‘Marginalizes Women’
The internet naturally responded with alternative names like “plague enthusiasts.” Crazymothers.infoThe founder of the group Crazymothers, Hillary Simpson, frequently ends her posts with #DoYourResearch. Do...
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How Gary Webb Linked The CIA To The Crack Epidemic — And Paid The Ultimate Price
Gary Webb’s “Dark Alliance” series boldly claimed the CIA knew about a U.S. drug trafficking scheme that ravaged the country’s inner cities to fund Nicaragua’s...
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An Electric Eel Named Wattson Is Powering A Christmas Display And His Own Twitter Account
The tree flickers brightest when Wattson is being fed. Miguel Wattson TNAQ/TwitterAn electric eel named Miguel Wattson is generating attention with his naturally-powered Christmas tree....
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The “Confession Killer” Claimed He Killed 600 Women — Was Tammy Jo Alexander One Of Them?
As serial killer Henry Lee Lucas’s confessions began to unravel, police became less confident that he was responsible for most of his alleged crimes —...
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Meet Frank Lentini, The Sideshow Performer With Three Legs, 16 Fingers, And Two Penises
Frank Lentini, the “Three-Legged Man,” went on to have a successful career thanks to his parasitic twin. TwitterFrancesco “Frank” Lentini was born with a...
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This San Francisco Neighborhood Has So Much Human Feces That It Needs Weekly Power-Washes
“It’s really bad. You can’t go about two steps without stepping on something,” one resident said. PixabayThe city’s Tenderloin district, which has the highest number...
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Archaeologists Discover 56-Foot-Long Viking Ship Buried Under Norwegian Farm
They chose to scan the spot where it was found on a lark. “It turned out to be a good decision.” Manuel Gabler/NIKUScientists discovered a...
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11 Of History’s Most Unmerciful Revenge Stories
From the rape victims who castrated their rapist in court to the US soldiers who summarily executed the Nazi concentration camp guards at Dachau, these...
