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The Deserted Kingdom of Burj al Babas
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The City Built Atop a Crater and Riddled with Diamonds
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The Savage Tsavo Man-Eaters and the Man Who Stopped Them
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Hairculese, The Man Who Pulls Cars With His Hair
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Are Black Panthers Really A Separate Species?
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Could Alligators Survive in the Sewers of New York City?
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The Curse of Ötzi the Iceman
Ötzi the Iceman is one of the oldest and greatest mummy specimens in the world. So well preserved, perhaps, that he is still making his mark on the lives of those trying to tell his story…
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Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!