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Mary Toft fooled Georgian England by claiming she gave birth to rabbits. Discover how the bizarre 1726 hoax deceived royal doctors, captivated the court, and humiliated Britain’s medical establishment forever.

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The image of Davy Crockett in his coonskin cap is iconic. But the cap wasn’t even his. So what is the truth? Who was the real Davy Crockett?

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Some of the most influential people in the saga of the American West are the ones you've never heard of.

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An eccentric Toronto tycoon left his fortune to the woman who had the most babies, igniting the Great Stork Derby, a sensational decade-long contest during the Great Depression in Canada.

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In many cases, it’s understandable that certain operations have to be performed secretly to protect those involved, but many of the examples here showed some pretty shady activity that probably shouldn’t have been happening in the first place.

PEOPLE

Not only was Tallulah Bankhead scandalous, she was also utterly unapologetic about it—and it nearly got her kicked out of Hollywood.


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