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I Can't Die Before My SonAfter raising a severely autistic son to adulthood, a single mother’s brush with death raises the horrifying question of what will happen to him when she's gone.
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The Curse of Playing the Wicked Witch of the WestAfter nearly dying while filming “The Wizard of Oz,” Margaret Hamilton spent the rest of her career trying to escape her evil character’s long shadow.
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I Lost My Life to AirbnbObsessively renting out my home was the only way I could make it in the gig economy. When I found myself sleeping on the subway, I realized I’d gone too far.
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The Obsessive Life and Mysterious Death of the Fisherman Who Discovered The Loch Ness MonsterA humble Scotsman saw something strange in the water—and daringly set out to catch it—only to have lecherous out-of-towners steal his fame and upend his quest.
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The Sexual Assault Case That Shook Ancient RomeA prominent politician was accused of raping a 12-year-old actress—in 54 B.C. The way his legendary lawyer dismissed it speaks volumes about how we prosecute these crimes now.
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The Father of the Emoticon Chases His Great White WhaleDr. Scott Fahlman invented a playful keyboard shortcut that is now used more than six billion times a day. But he hopes to be remembered for something a bit more substantial than a smiley face.
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The Distinguished Medieval Penis InvestigatorsIn fourteenth-century England, one of the only ways a woman could get a divorce was if her husband was impotent. But first, she had to prove it in court.
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My Mother Taught Me To KillThe tabloids called us “Mommy and Clyde.” This is what it was really like to be raised by a murderous sociopath—and how I finally found a moral compass behind bars.
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How Cleaning Out My Hoarder Mother-in-Law’s Junk Caused My Own Marriage to CrumbleAs we plowed through decades of her extreme clutter, I began to notice similar tendencies in my husband. And once I saw the hoarder in him, there was no turning back.
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Nick Brown Smelled BullA plucky amateur dared to question a celebrated psychological finding. He wound up blowing the whole theory wide open.
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The Warriors of a Failed RevolutionFifty years ago, young idealists swore to end American injustice. When their movement splintered, their lives diverged—from quiet college prof to infamous kidnappers to filthy-rich hotelier.
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The Godfather of Brooklyn’s Feral Parrot ColonyMeet a sixty-year-old New Yorker with a lifelong love of all things avian—and the secrets to the city’s mysterious flock of wild tropical birds.
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This Native American Trans Beauty Queen Is Reviving an Ancient TraditionThis Native American Trans Beauty Queen Is Reviving an Ancient Tradition
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Daughters of the Bomb: A Story of Hiroshima, Racism and Human RightsOn the 75th anniversary of the A-bomb, a Japanese-American writer speaks to one of the last living survivors—and traces connections from Malcolm X to the fight to end nuclear war.
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The Day the Native Americans Drove the KKK Out of TownThe North Carolina Klan thought burning crosses would scare the Lumbee tribe out of Robeson County. That’s not how things went down.
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My Secret Life as The World's Worst Professional MatchmakerI don't know how I landed this job. But the most surprising part is that instead of helping my clients find love, they helped me get out of an abusive relationship.
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Conscripted Into The Emperor’s Private OrchestraWhat do a crew of talented musicians do when forced to serve at the pleasure of a notoriously cruel dictator? They play like their lives depend on it.
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How the World’s Most Venomous Fish Convinced Me to Stop Working Myself to DeathI spent years practically glued to my computer. Then one heartstopping encounter left me thankful to be alive – and made me realize I wanted to live much differently.
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The Mysterious Evacuation of Sunspot ObservatoryA year ago today, the FBI suddenly shut down a remote mountaintop observatory with no explanation. The internet went wild with theories.
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