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Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (short for telefacsimile), is the transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. The...

The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in , in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the (USMS) came to arrest under a for his failure to appear on federal firearms charges after he was given the wrong court...

The Moon is 's only . It Earth at of 384399 km (238,854 mi; about 30 times ). The Moon's orbital period () and rotation period () are by Earth's at 29.5 Earth days, making of the Moon always face Earth. The Moon's pull on Earth is the...

, the 44th , was involved in multiple security incidents, including several assassination threats and plots, starting from when he became a presidential candidate in 2007. protection for Obama began after he received a death threat in 2007, while...

Frédéric Pierre Bourdin (born 13 June 1974) is a French serial the press has nicknamed "The Chameleon". He began his impersonations as a child and claims to have assumed at least 500 false identities; three being teenage .

Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in in October 1911. Dubbed "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up", his body was first put on display at an Oklahoma...

Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American  who traveled the  with  during the , committing a series of...

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (: Карибский кризис, : Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the...

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was an  of the  during . The OSS was formed as an agency of the  (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branches of the . Other OSS functions included the use...

2 op-eds by Ross Douthat

Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of , and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted...

"The Little Mermaid" (: Den lille havfrue), sometimes translated in English as "The Little Sea Maid", is a  written by Danish author . Originally published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children, the story follows the...

The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (: Sitio de Cartagena de Indias,  'Siege of Cartagena de Indias') took place during the 1739 to 1748  between  and . The result of long-standing commercial tensions, the...

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Three op-eds by billionaires.

A ghost ship, also known as a phantom ship, is a  with no living crew aboard; it may be a fictional  vessel, such as the , or a physical  found adrift with its crew missing or dead, like the . The term is sometimes used for ships...

The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000  – 17,000 veterans of  in , their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in , in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates. Organizers called the...

Tom cleans out his unrelated chrome tabs on interesting wikipedia articles.

So we actually recorded this last week on Monday so one of the last paragraphs of the episode has outdated info in it. The Pizzagate guy was killed by police during a traffic stop after allegedly pulling out a gun and pointing it at police. This...

Pythagoras of Samos (: Πυθαγόρας;  570 – c. 495 BC), often known  as Pythagoras, was an ancient  , , and the eponymous founder of . His political and religious teachings were well known in  and...

This episode was inspired by our tall tales episode. We each take a crack a writing another host's fictional bio. This was supposed to be a Christmas Episode but was delayed.

The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin ( præputium or prepucium), is one of several , consisting of the  removed during the . At various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to...

Two mean reviews. One from the Sydney Morning Herald on Coco Roco...and the other from the New York Times on Guy's American Kitchen & Bar.

Pong is a –themed  arcade , featuring simple , manufactured by  and originally released on 29 November 1972. It is one of the earliest ; it was created by  as a training exercise assigned to him...