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Settled amid the rough beauty of the outback in Western Australia, Wittenoom is a ghost town with a deadly history. It is around 900 miles away from …

Lobotomies are an outdated form of psychiatric treatment that was intended to cure myriad mental ailments. Doctors would physically alter the brain, changing the way that people could process …

Faceless technology corporations like Google, Amazon, and Apple are worth billions of dollars and seem like magical, circuit-driven monoliths, seemingly inaccessible to the common man.  Most …

When considering the largest navies in the world during the twentieth century, some obvious contenders come to mind, like the United States and the Soviet …

Today, North Korea is globally known, and sometimes feared, for its antagonism on the global stage. The Kim family, which rules over the nation with …

In late 2004, the world watched as one of the biggest natural disasters took place across the Indian Ocean. A 9.1-magnitude earthquake caused the deadliest-ever …

The Apollo was intended to be America’s final step to get humans on the Moon. And the deadline was coming up quickly. Promised at the …

Deep in north-central Turkmenistan, in the heart of the Karakum Desert, lies Darvaza Gas Crater. Locals often refer to it as the Gates of Hell …

The name D. B. Cooper has become part of the true crime folklore of the 20th century. This unknown hijacker and his fate have become …

In the annals of American history, there is arguably no other place that engenders more fear when spoken than the name Andersonville. This Civil War …