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CSI: Miami was a TV series about a group of detectives and crime scene investigators that busted bad guys and solved mysteries by using high-tech crime scene investigation techniques in a city that star David...

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Think you know Star Wars? Well, superfan, test your knowledge with these 24 facts about characters from the Star Wars universe.Star Wars Characters Facts24. The Boys in the BandThe most popular band in all the Star...

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Al Capone Facts. Also called “Scarface,” Al Capone was born in Brooklyn and grew up to become the most famous gangster in American history.

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“I see you’re drinking one percent. Is that ‘cause you think you’re fat? Cause you’re not. You could be drinking whole if you wanted to." —Napoleon DynamiteA great thing about comedy is that it can...

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“Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which, of course, in German means a whale’s vagina.” —Ron BurgundyAlthough that may not be a fact, it's still hard to imagine what the comedy world would...

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The Watergate Scandal was an enormous political scandal that rocked the United States in the early 1970s. The scandal surfaced after five men broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate office complex...

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“Life is a game, play to win.” These are more than just words of wisdom from Harvey Specter, it’s also a life philosophy for the main characters in the hit TV series Suits. The legal...

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From levitating objects to learning how to tame a hippogriff, Hogwarts has some pretty interesting subjects. For example, can someone please teach me how to bottle fame instead of learning calculus? Perhaps even more interesting...

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“Notwithstanding their personality, their dress and their ideas, they were and they are the most courteous, considerate and well-behaved group of kids I have ever been in contact with in my 24 years of police...

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More than just that "other" Roman Empire to the east, the Byzantines are one of the world's most significant imperial experiments, and one of history's least understood empires. Let's find a little more about this prolific and successful...

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“If it bleeds, we can kill it!” —Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan “Dutch” Schaefer in Predator (1987)Do you really need an introduction to Action Movies? Well, do ya, punk?Action Movies Facts25. A Woman’s WorldSigourney Weaver made...

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Between the 11th and 13th centuries, most castles were built on top of large, man-made hills called mottes. The mottes often overlooked a fenced field called a bailey. As castles grew in size and began...



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