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7 Chilling Facts About the Burke and Hare Murders

William Burke and William Hare murdered 16 people and sold their bodies to an anatomist—and these lesser-known details about their case make it even more disturbing.

Mental Floss · EN

5 big astronomy “facts” that changed in the 21st century

As our understanding of the Universe advances — and as we collect more comprehensive, better data about all that’s out there — we sometimes find that the actual Universe winds up defying our greatest expectations. Despite how impressive our model of reality has become, and how successfully we’ve put a wide variety of cosmic puzzle pieces together, every once in a while, new data comes along that winds up not only surprising us, but it forces us to rewrite the story we tell ourselves about what occurs, or even what’s possible, in our Universe. Based on gravity, electromagnetism, and quantum and

Big Think · EN

5 Facts You Might Not Know About the Real Pocahontas

Find out the real history of Pocahontas, from her true names (Matoaka and Amonute) to the truth behind John Smith’s famous execution story.

Mental Floss · EN