Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (Greek: Μιθραδάτης;[2] 135–63 BC) was ruler of the HellenisticKingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic‘s […]
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The Mawson Expedition
The Mawson Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to […]
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Urban Legends Part 2
An urban legend or contemporary legend is (still) a genre of folklore comprising stories circulated as true, especially as having happened to a “friend of a […]
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Urban Legends Part One
An urban legend or contemporary legend is a genre of folklore comprising stories circulated as true, especially as having happened to a “friend of a friend” […]
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The Burke and Hare Murders
The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, […]
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John Dillinger
John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster of the Great Depression. He led a group known […]