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Political assassinations are not just an American problem – they have been all too frequent...
The Conversation· 3 hours agoBy the time Julius Caesar died with the words “Et tu, Brute?” on his lips, political assassinations were already a common occurrence. Was the attempted assassination of former ...
People Are Sharing The Disturbing Facts They Wish They Could Unlearn, And I Wish I Could Go Back In...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoThe chainsaw was invented by two doctors to assist in childbirth. Sawing throughthe pelvic bone...
Move Here To Maximize Your Money: Easiest Cities To Reach Upper-Class Status
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance Canada· 13 hours agoReaching upper-class status is one of the hardest feats to achieve in the U.S., but it is by no...
Whale So Rare ‘It’s Never Been Seen Alive’ Washes Up in New Zealand
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 14 hours agoScientists have identified a mystery leviathan found washed up on a New Zealand beach earlier this...
For a century, it’s been illegal to swim in the Seine. Will Paris’s clean-up make the river safe for...
The Conversation· 1 day agoFive eagerly anticipated events in the Paris Olympics will be the mens and womens 10 kilometre marathon swimming races, as well as the 1,500 metre swimming section of three triathlon events.
Guide to the classics: On The Art of Physical Exercise, a 16th century account of ancient sports and...
The Conversation· 1 day agoAccording to the World Obesity Atlas, 42% of the global population will be overweight or obese in 2025. Lack of physical activity is one of the primary causes. Experts regard this as a serious ...
These Are America’s Wealthiest Suburbs
AOL· 1 day agoMove over New York City, Los Angeles and Miami. Wealthy Americans are swapping notoriously rich city locales in favor of making moves to quiet, secluded suburbs like Scarsdale, Calabasas and Palm...
There’s the Rub: How One Murder Victim’s Risqué Grave Became a French Fertility Icon
Mentalfloss· 1 day agoPère-Lachaise is Paris’s largest and most eminent cemetery, a historic place of reverence where...
Is the Blobfish Unjustly Cast as the World's Ugliest Animal?
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe blobfish is actually pretty average looking in its normal habitat, but becomes a blob when it...
Did Plague Cause the Mysterious Collapse of Europe's Early Farmers 5,000 Years Ago?
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoToday, their monumental stone tombs and structures, such as Stonehenge in England, still dot the...