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Some former Major League Baseball players choose to retire quietly, become a sports commentator, or go into reality television. Moe Berg became a spy.

We know so little about Antarctica. Did you know it is the largest desert in the world? Or that 99% of it is covered in ice? Learn more facts about this strange land.

Sweden's Graveyard of Vintage Cars In Sweden you'll find a strange graveyard of cars, many left behind from American GIs in WW2. Courtesy Bob Thissen from Exploring the Unbeaten Path.

Life in the Tunnels: Inside the Underground World of Bucharest, Romania's Sewer Kids

How long could you survive without your cell phone? Would any of us last a day, let alone be able to survive in a town where they're not even allowed to be turned on? It's the price you have to pay if you live in Green Bank, West Virginia, and have the world's largest steerable telescope in your backyard looking for the faintest of possible alien signals from the cosmos.

At one point during the 12th century, Merv was the largest city on the planet, a bustling metropolis that seamlessly blended commerce and art into one prime Central Asia location. But then Genghis Khan crashed the party, and the rest, as they sometimes say, is bloody history.

These wildfires caused tons of physical damage to our world.

Your fingers can say a ton about you (and not just using sign language).

Something cataclysmic happened to Earth 13,000 years ago that ended up doing manking as we know it a great big favor.

The African-American residents of Greenwood, Oklahoma were happy & successful. 300 racially-motivated deaths & a razed city later, not so much.

Valentina Tereshkova broke ground during a time when men liked to steal all the thunder. Not only did she make it to space, she orbited earth more than several of the first male-helmed missions combined.

The first woman to run for president wasn't applauded for her efforts, she became a maligned social outcast branded a 'witch.'

Making a horse jump 60 feet into a pool of water used to be considered fun. For the people watching, not necessarily the horse.

Hong Kong is in the midst of a housing crisis. How bad? Thousands of its residents are living in ridiculously small wire cages that are often referred to as coffins, and they're actually thankful to have even that.

New UNESCO heritage sites are added every year. Here are the top new additions.

Tang isn't the only thing we got from NASA.

54 men beat & kick one another senseless on a dirt field while fighting for a ball. Sound like fun to you? Check out Calcio Storico.

It seemed innocent enough at the time-build an underground polar research station to study ice core samples. What people didn't know about was the covert plan to set up a nuclear launch pad capable of firing off hundreds of missiles at Russia.

It's potentially a historic ancient burial ground shrouded in mystery but surrounded by millions of unexploded cluster bombs. Try and study the region-if you dare.

There was a time when zeppelins ruled the skies, floating on air thanks to hydrogen. After dozens of fiery accidents within the industry the Hindenburg's burning marked the beginning of the end for airships.

When a program set up to help give orphaned British children a chance at life with caring families in countries like Canada went awry, the results were equal parts shocking and heartbreaking.

The winds are gale-force & the temperatures numbing but a new breed of surfers are flocking to the Great Lakes to catch a face-freezing wave.

Self Reflected' is being called the most complex and detailed artistic depiction of our brain ever. The artwork was designed so everyone can marvel at the wonder of human consciousness. Here are the results. #awesome

We cover the history of income tax in American from the 1700s until now. Are you happy with what you receive for your income tax?

Three kids on summer vacation in the early 80s decide to attempt a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and it took them over seven glorious fire-and-explosion-filled years to do it.