Category: History
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No-fault divorce was the single greatest legal advance for women in the 20th century
No-fault divorce, often understated in feminist histories, dramatically reduced female suicide and domestic homicide. The data makes the case the law itself rarely does.
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A cult that believed a spaceship was hiding behind a comet
In 1997, 39 members of Heaven’s Gate died believing a spaceship trailed comet Hale-Bopp. The story is darker, and more revealing, than the headlines suggested.
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The time a beer flood killed people in London
In 1814, a vat at a London brewery burst and sent over 320,000 gallons of porter through a slum. Eight people died. The legal response is its own story.
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Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: who they are and what they argue
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth claims controlled demolition felled the towers. Here’s who the group is, what they argue, and what mainstream engineers say.
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How Iraq War skepticism got tangled up with 9/11 trutherism
Legitimate doubts about the Iraq War’s justifications got pulled into 9/11 conspiracy theories during the 2000s. Here’s how the categories blurred and why it mattered.
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The FBI investigating Bigfoot seriously in the 1970s
Declassified files confirm the FBI tested suspected Bigfoot hair in 1976. The reality is stranger, smaller, and more bureaucratic than the legend suggests.
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PNAC and the new Pearl Harbor line: misquoted, misread, or meaningful?
The Project for the New American Century document is endlessly cited as proof of foreknowledge. A close reading suggests something more complicated.
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The Loose Change effect: how a 2005 internet documentary shaped a generation
Loose Change wasn’t the first 9/11 conspiracy film, but it was the one that mass internet distribution made unstoppable. Its real legacy is the playbook.