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The gruesome disgusting history of eating human corpses as medicine
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The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine
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The question was not "Should you eat human flesh?" says one historian, but, "What sort of flesh should you eat?"
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Theodore Roosevelt's Life-Saving Speech
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When a would-be assassin shot his .38 at the presidential candidate, the 50-page manuscript and metal eyeglasses case tucked against Roosevelt's chest absorbed the blow
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Khrushchev in Water Wings: On Mao, Humiliation and the Sino-Soviet Split
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Angered by the way the Soviet Union treated him, Mao Zedong planned revenge on Nikita Khrushchev during the Soviet premier's 1958 visit to Beijing. Mao's weapon: a pool party.
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(Think Fast Answer: Johnstown Flood of 1889) In 1889, the Johnstown Flood and ensuing fires killed more than 2,200 people. Clara Barton's American Red Cross came to the aid of some 25,000 survivors.