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Por Greg Ross
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245-Jeanne Baret

The first woman to circumnavigate the world did so dressed as a man. In 1766, 26-year-old...

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244-The Women's Protest

In February 1943, hundreds of German women joined in a spontaneous protest in central Berlin....

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243-The Peshtigo Fire

In 1871, while the Great Chicago Fire was riveting the nation's attention, a blaze six times...

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242-The Cardiff Giant

In 1869, two well diggers in Cardiff, N.Y., unearthed an enormous figure made of stone. More...

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241-A Case of Scientific Self-Deception

In 1903, French physicist Prosper-René Blondlot decided he had discovered a new form of...

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240-The Shark Papers

In 1799 two Royal Navy ships met on the Caribbean Sea, and their captains discovered they were...

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239-The Man-Eaters of Tsavo

In 1898, two lions descended on a company of railway workers in British East Africa. For nine...

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238-The Plight of Mary Ellen Wilson

In 1873 a Methodist missionary in New York City heard rumors of a little girl who was kept...

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237-The Baseball Spy

Moe Berg earned his reputation as the brainiest man in baseball -- he had two Ivy League...

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236-The Last Lap

In 1908 a 22-year-old Italian baker's assistant arrived in London to take part in the Olympic...

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235-Leon Festinger and the Alien Apocalypse

In 1955, aliens from the planet Clarion contacted a Chicago housewife to warn her that the end...

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234-The Dig Tree

In 1860 a party of explorers set out to traverse the Australian continent, but bad management...

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233-Flight to Freedom

In 1978 two families hatched a daring plan to escape East Germany: They would build a hot-air...

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232-The Indomitable Spirit of Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader was beginning a promising career as a British fighter pilot when he lost both...

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231-The Halifax Explosion

In 1917, a munitions ship exploded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, devastating the city and...

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230-Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Here are six new lateral thinking puzzles -- play along with us as we try to untangle some...

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228-The Children's Champion

Polish educator Janusz Korczak set out to remake the world just as it was falling apart. In...

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227-The Christmas Tree Ship

In the late 1800s Chicago families bought their Christmas trees from the decks of schooners...

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226-The Great Match Race

America's first national sports spectacle took place in 1823, when the North and South sent...

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225-The Great Stork Derby

When Toronto attorney Charles Vance Millar died in 1926, he left behind a mischievous will...

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