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  Secrets of the 20,000 dead bodies buried under Washington Square Park

  New York Post - Rikki Schlott

  Washington Square is one of New York’s liveliest parks, with NYU students, dog walkers, street performers, tourists and drug dealers crowding its …

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  Climate change has led to a chilling discovery on Mount Everest.

  upworthy.com - Tod Perry

  Mount Everest is the Earth's highest mountain, rising 29,029 feet above sea level on the border of China and Nepal. The first known people to reach …

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  Pickfair Was An Iconic Hollywood Mansion — Until It Was Destroyed Due To 'Paranormal Activity'

  allthatsinteresting.com - Andrew Milne

  In the 1920s, Pickfair was the most famous mansion in Hollywood, home to lavish parties and famous guests. But after new owners claimed the property …

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  The Most Incredible Underwater Cities of Ancient Egypt

  thecollector.com - Luisa Hagele

  The underwater cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus have long remained a mystery to archaeologists. Once thriving centers of trade and religion in …

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  Thomas Edison Made Job Applicants Eat Soup in Front of Him. It Sounds Crazy But Modern Science Suggests He Was on to Something

  Inc Magazine - Jessica Stillman

  Edison's bizarre soup-based technique for screening job candidates illustrates an essential truth about effective interviewing. Regular readers of my column will know that last week I wrote about a weird (but apparently researched-backed) nap hack famed inventor Thomas Edison used to come up with …

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  The secret Nazi archive that documented the Holocaust

  CBS News - By Keith Zubrow

  It is the largest Nazi archive in the world and, following the Allied victory in World War II, much of it remained hidden from public view, locked …