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Liam Payne was the heart and soul of One Direction. Sadly, his light would be the first to fade—but one of the brightest to ever burn.

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John Denver may have seemed like a wholesome country boy—but there was a disturbing side to him that the public never saw.

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Lady Ursula d’Abo didn’t technically come from royalty, but she lived a life just as posh. Sadly, her story is proof that all that glitters isn’t gold.

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Today, sending a message takes just a few taps on a screen. But for most of human history, staying in touch required a lot more imagination. Here are some of the strangest and most fascinating ways people communicated before modern technology changed everything.

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From his horrifying childhood to his brutal wars and scandalous secrets, too few people know the dark history of Frederick the Great.

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After the outlaw Jesse James was killed, his brother Frank made a life-changing decision to go give up his life of crime.


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