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Serbian police are now guarding a recovered Cézanne painting, which was stolen at gunpoint four years ago in one of history’s largest art heists. But this wasn’t the first time thieves have famously run off with famous artworks.
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1. A Storybook Tower by Friedensreich Hundertwasser AFP/ Timm Schamberger This might look like it was built once upon a time but the Hundertwasser Tower was actually completed in 2010.
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When the firm SpaceX launches its Falcon Heavy rocket into space late this year, the craft will become the mightiest rocket in the world. Only NASA’s
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Across Europe in many predominantly Catholic or Orthodox countries are sites known as ossuaries, often referred to as "bone churches". Creepy by today's standards, these churches decorated from floor to ceiling with human skeletal remains were often used in places where major plagues had hit or where burial space had become scare. Though the original intention in many areas was for bones to be buried when space became available, many of these remains are still up and hanging in these bone churches as a testament to this peculiar religious tradition.
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Charles Bolden, the chief of the Nasa, has warned that the US space agency's best advice on how to handle a large asteroid heading towards New York City is "pray". |
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The TimeMap of World History combines history maps, timelines, and written historical narrative to create a complete guide to world history - visit anywhere!
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Miss an episode of your favorite History shows? Go to history.com to catch up on full episodes and video exclusives.
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Latest mega art heist includes paintings by Picasso & Matisse, stolen from a Paris museum.
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The Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, daily news briefing, and email newsletters.
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Most of us know that flour is an essential ingredient in pizza dough and bagels, but as long as we can eat the final baked product, our interest often doesn’t go much further. But what if we told you that flour could explode? And we’re not just talking about a Mentos and coke-style explosion; we’re talking about deadly force – the kind that is capable of destroying entire buildings.
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In the 1960s, a house in Houston caught on fire. In the aftermath, a set of 12 scrapbooks were discovered. They depicted a society, the Sonora Aero Club, that had all but disappeared from history, if it was ever there at all.
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Fortune Telling Bacon is easy to use! Simply place the bacon strip in the palm of your hand and your edible desires shall be foretold... are you crispy, sizzling hot, or perhaps... Canadian? 50 strips of bacon in each package! |
