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Over a thousand people perished when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. These are their last, heartbreaking moments on Earth.

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The Battle of Midway pitted America against Japan once again. The stakes were incredibly high, as this was a kind of grudge match.

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Facing impossible odds, the mighty 300 of Sparta made a stand at the Battle of Thermopylae that determined the course of history—despite how it ended.

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The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest in American history—filled in equal measures with brave acts of heroism and doomed gambles.

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The aftermath of JFK’s assassination was so chaotic it led to a botched investigation and sparked conspiracy theories that persist to this day.

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The history of resurrections is truly disturbing. Humans have been trying to cheat death for centuries—and they’ve made some utterly gruesome attempts.



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