Up Close & Peculiar With Jesse James' Gun
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Up Close & Peculiar With Jesse James' Gun

This is the gun that started it all.

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Up Close & Peculiar With Jesse James' Gun
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Up Close & Peculiar With Jesse James' Gun

This is the gun that started it all.

Up Close & Peculiar With Charles Blondin
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Up Close & Peculiar With Charles Blondin

Would you walk across Niagara Falls?

Hulk Hogan: Remembering a Wrestling Legend
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Hulk Hogan: Remembering a Wrestling Legend

Muscles, mustaches, and mayhem: the unbelievable life of Hulk Hogan.

Remembering Ozzy Osbourne: A Legend Etched in Rock — and on Hollywood Boulevard
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Remembering Ozzy Osbourne: A Legend Etched in Rock — and on Hollywood Boulevard

Let’s go off the rails on a crazy train of Ozzy oddities, shall we?

Was Robert Ripley a Liar? The Unbelievable Truth Behind Ripley's Legacy
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Was Robert Ripley a Liar? The Unbelievable Truth Behind Ripley's Legacy

Robert Ripley had thousands of folders full of references, letters, photos, and documentation gathered to support the facts in every cartoon.

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Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

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The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

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The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.

The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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