A recent flare-up in a century-old conflict renews seeds of ethnic discord, memoirs of the USSR.
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Bloodbath
Did history’s most prolific serial killer really bathe in the blood of her victims?
How the King of Belgium stole the Congo and everything in it.
Africa’s largest island is located 260 miles off its Eastern coast, but its first settlers took the scenic route.
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Cartographic Conquest
The Central American (almost) war caused by Google Maps.
What can we learn from the “world’s happiest country”?
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They’re Out to Get You
In the age of misinformation, what makes conspiracy theories so appealing?
How North Korea’s brief meth venture created an internal addiction crisis.
There’s a territory between Egypt and Sudan that no one wants. Can I have it?
What killed 1,746 people at a Cameroonian lake in 1986?