Anne Frank was one of the most famous diarists in history. She was a Jewish teenager who went into hiding with her family during World War II. Anne kept a diary that detailed her life during the two years they lived in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her diary has become one of the most […]
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To be 14 years old means to be young and carefree–or in the case of George Stinney Jr., it meant to be the youngest person in the United States to ever be executed. Making his haunting case even more tragic is the fact that, in the end, George’s conviction was vacated 70 years later. A
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The phrase has been used hundreds, if not thousands, of times since it was first uttered in horror by Herbert Morrison. This quote has become so ubiquitous with scenes of horrible tragedy and the like that the true origin of it has faded from the mind of the public. But anyone who knows the Hindenburg
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In the realm of American folk music, no name is more significant than Woody Guthrie. He embodies the American spirit and epitomizes the struggle of the common man in the most trying of times. Songs like, “This Land Is Your Land,” “Don’t Kill My Baby & My Son,” and “I’m Blowing Down That Old Dusty
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Gaul was a region in Europe inhabited by a number of tribes. It was eventually absorbed into the Roman Empire. This region in the present day contains the countries of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Northern Italy, and parts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland. Little is known of life in pre-Roman Gaul, because there are virtually
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He served the longest sentence of any minor convicted in Michigan history. His story continues to mesmerize people today, so much so that a movie was made about his past, with Matthew McConaughey starring in it. In 1984, at just 14 years old, Rick Wershe Jr. was assisting the FBI as a drug informant. He
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There are many infamous serial killers, each known for their sick and twisted crimes. David Parker Ray’s modus operandi was to assault, torture, and then drug women. Although he was never caught, he was believed to have murdered dozens of women. He was known as the “Toy Box Killer” for the location of his sadistic
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It’s hard to imagine someone risking their lives at age 15 for their country. At 15, most are just freshmen or sophomores in high school, preparing to get their driver’s license, and just starting to consider what they might want to go to college for. For Lepa Radić, things were different. Lepa Radić was born
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a jack of all trades. He was an accomplished swordsman, a military colonel, and a musical virtuoso, conductor, and composer. He was often referred to as the Black Mozart, which should tell you why his name is not as renowned as other musical geniuses. Being Black or mulatto hindered Chevalier de
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He goes by many names–Bigfoot, Yeti, Sasquatch. But in Australia, the huge, ape-like cryptid is known as the Yowie. Apeman legends can be found all across the planet, and Australia is no exception. Considering the size of the continent, and all of its unsettled land, the idea of something like a Yowie existing isn’t all
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