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Dragons Appear In Tales From Many Cultures — But Are They Real?
Smithsonian Magazine offers up a few other ancient creatures that could fit the bill, including Nile crocodiles, goannas, and ...
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When Humans Go Extinct, An Oxford Professor Believes Octopuses Will Be The Next To Build Civilizations On Earth
"Given the octopus' remarkable intelligence, adaptability, and diverse range of survival strategies, it wouldn't be the most ...
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The Gambino Crime Family, The Most Notorious Of The Five Families
The origins of the Gambino crime family are not all that different from those of the Genoveses. In fact, it was Giuseppe Morello’s ally Ignazio Lupo, also known as “Lupo the Wolf,” who started the ...
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The History Of The Lucchese Crime Family
The history of the Lucchese crime family doesn’t go back quite as far as that of the Genovese and Gambino families. While it was originally formed by members of the Morello gang who had split off, it ...
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The Colombo Crime Family, The ‘Little Brother’ Of The Five Families
While the other gangs in the Five Families date back to before the Castellammarese War, the Colombo family didn’t come about until 1928. Then, Joe Profaci put together a bootlegging gang that would ...
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Inside The Bonanno Crime Family
When the Five Families were first recognized, what’s now the Bonanno family was known as the Maranzano family. After Salvatore Maranzano was murdered in 1931, Lucky Luciano awarded leadership of ...
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Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence Of Christianity North Of The Alps Inside An 1,800-Year-Old Silver Amulet
Hidden for 1,800 years, a tiny silver amulet buried in a Roman grave near Frankfurt, Germany, has now revealed the earliest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps. In 2018, archaeologists ...
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A Luxurious Gallo-Roman Villa Was Found In France — Complete With Pillars, Bronze Statues, And Mythological Frescoes
Archaeologists from the French National Institute for Preventative Archaeological Research (INRAP) recently announced the discovery of a luxurious Gallo-Roman villa within the city of Reims. Inside, ...
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Cristina Invernizzi, The Argentinian Model Who Became The Fourth Wife Of The ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’
Jordan Belfort, best known as the Wolf of Wall Street, is famous for a few things: defrauding investors out of millions, crashing a car while high on Quaaludes, and his tumultuous relationships. Today ...
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The Bizarre Story Of Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, The Woman Who Masterminded The Pizza Bomber Bank Robbery
In 2003, the bizarre “pizza bomber” case in Erie, Pennsylvania, captured the country’s attention. A pizzeria employee named Brian Wells had walked into a bank with a bomb strapped around his neck, ...
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Archaeologists Discover A 7,000-Year-Old Clay Figurine In Kuwait That Bears A Chilling Resemblance To An Alien
While excavating Kuwait’s Bahra 1 archaeological site, one of the oldest settlements on the Arabian Peninsula, archaeologists came across a bizarre clay figurine that looked eerily like an alien. Its ...