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This is Dang Interesting
To whom it may concern, we now have a (mostly) profanity-free mirror site.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 02 Jan 2023 •
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Lofty Ambitions
In 1933, British WWI vet Maurice Wilson hatched an unorthodox plan to reach the still-untouched summit of Everest.
Written by
Erika Nesvold
• 14 Dec 2022 •
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The Rube’s Dilemma
A great pitcher’s great temptation.
Written by
Jennifer Lee Noonan
• 28 Oct 2022 •
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Devouring the Heart of Portugal
In 1924 a bankrupt businessman in Portugal launched an audacious international scheme to become one of the wealthiest men in the world.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 03 May 2022 •
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The Mount St. Helens Trespasser
Robert Rogers, a man obsessed with trespassing, sets his sights on Mount St. Helens in the spring of 1980
Written by
Jackie Mead
• 28 Feb 2022 •
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Hunting For Kobyla
The true story of a runaway Nazi, a determined sleuth, and a chase around the world.
Written by
Zoë Randolph
• 07 Feb 2022 •
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The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda
In 1958, one heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
Written by
Jennifer Lee Noonan
• 26 Oct 2021 •
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The Kingpin of Shanghai
From the depths of poverty, Du Yuesheng rose through Shanghai’s underworld to become one of the most influential, and overlooked, figures in modern China.
Written by
Morgan W.R. Dunn
• 26 Aug 2021 •
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To Hell With Facebook
The earliest known version of the idiom "the straw that broke the camel's back" was written by the English philosophe...
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 12 Jul 2021 •
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Capital, Punished
Located 350 km (217 miles) southeast of Puerto Rico, the British island of Montserrat is sometimes called 'The Emeral...
Written by
Marisa Brook
• 10 Jun 2021 •
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