John O'Neill, the FBI's expert on Al Qaeda, warned of its threat. But his maverick style doomed his career.

YVO gets a lot of questions about whether Yellowstone, or another caldera system, will end all life on Earth. The answer is—NO, a large explosive eruption at Yellowstone will not lead to the end of the human race. The aftermath of such an explosion certainly…

Years later, Jacob Miller was able to recount the events of his injury and escape despite a bullet to the brain.

In a nearly forgotten episode, the Wisconsin firebrand sided with the Germany military in a war crimes trial, raising questions about his anti-Semitism

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The year was 1967, and a brutal civil war had erupted in Nigeria

It may sound like the name of a '90s indie band, but Acoustic Kitty was a CIA program to train housecats to be spies. Imagine how that turned out.

Jim Kitchen (born August 15, 1964) is an American entrepreneur and professor. He is the first person to travel to all 193 United Nations recognized countries and to space. Kitchen is a Professor of the Practice of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at UNC Kenan…

At the time, almost no one knew Candlestick Park would be their last stadium show.

Two Pacific Islanders who were lost at sea for a month managed not only to survive, but to unravel a 50-year-old family mystery.

Who do you think of when you hear the words “father of the atomic bomb”?

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In early October, four hunters were pursuing elk and mule deer in the foothills of southern Wyoming. Brad Cape, Phillip Yoemans, John Slowensky, and Zach Smith, friends from Missouri, read on the Wyoming Game and Fish website that crossing adjoining corners…

In this livestream excerpt, Adam answers MythBusters-related questions from Tested members Monkeycircus and Jman3302 about which items were the hardest to obtain for the show, and what filming at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was like. Thank you for your…

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"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk-style ballad and was written as a duet, with the…

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.