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Michelangelo’s Doodles Line the Walls of a Secret Room Under the Medici Chapel

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The Factory That Took a Step Toward Liberating Women’s Bodies

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The Search for the Perfect Woman

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A Closer Look at an Enduring Tale of Movie-Induced Panic

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During the Civil War, Vaccination Was Not Easily Achieved, so Many Soldiers Took a DIY Approach

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The Bottomless Mystery of D.B. Cooper

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Do Children’s Books Need to Be Fact-Checked to Make Them More True to Nature?

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Here’s the Thing About This Festive Accessory: It’s a Parasite

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Why Did Ancient Italians Bury Thousands of Clay Body Parts?

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Despite a Devoted Fanbase, a Nutritious Cereal Has Disappeared

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The Strange Secret Behind the Tragic Deaths of Oscar Wilde’s Half-Sisters

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The Regimen Sanitatus Salernum Was the Middle Ages’ Most Famous Health Manual. How Does It Hold Up?

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1990s Doomsday Planners Worried About Feminists Breaching Nuclear Waste Sites

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The Nine Lives of the Spanish Prisoner, the Treasure-Dangling Scam That Won’t Die

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Fake It Till You Make It: At the Beginning of His Career, Michelangelo Was a Forger

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Chicago Pile-1, the First Reactor to Reach Criticality, Was Built Under a Football Field

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Ebenezer Howard’s Garden Cities Are Now Embedded Into London and New York

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“Pushball” Was Invented Specifically to Be Amusing to Spectators

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