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A new discovery reveals more clues about what might be inside the anomalous Mesa. After a groundbreaking fourth season, investigators return to the 512-acre ranch in Utah's Uintah Basin to push their ...

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Discover how the Nazis tried to redefine Christmas, altering traditions and carols to fit their ideology and the lasting ...

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Today, the word ‘terrible’ can be used to describe anything from a particularly bad meal to a natural disaster that kills millions of people. Back in the 16th Century when it was a nickname bestowed ...

Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades, these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia into an underworld empire. Five Families, based on Selwyn Raab's New York ...