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37 Sobering Facts About History's Greatest Tragedies

01. After the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, there were too many bodies to bury so the corpses were dumped into the Gulf of Mexico. Shortly thereafter the bodies began to wash back onshore and survivors constructed funeral pyres to burn the corpses. The fires burned day and night for weeks.

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25 Facts About Charlie Chaplin

01. Charlie Chaplin wrote a pop song that reached #1 on the charts in 1967 for Petula Clark.

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Titanic Uncovered: 50 Facts From the Iconic Ship’s Tragic Voyage

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Reflections on Tragedy: 30 Facts about History’s Greatest Catastrophes and Their Aftermath

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15 Criminal Facts About Smuggling

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10 R-rated Historical Facts You Weren’t Taught in School - Fact Republic

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33 Bizarre & True Legal Cases You Won’t Believe

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Historical Facts About The 1500s

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50 Peculiar and Unusual Deaths Throughout History - Fact Republic

50 Peculiar and Unusual Deaths Throughout History | Fact Republic

For most of history, smiling in a painting or photo was considered radical, and even Mark Twain once wrote, "A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever" Interesting Facts About Humans, Odd Facts, Giant Snake, Richest Man, History Facts Interesting

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17 Weird Holidays Celebrated Globally

01. The Day of Silence in Bali is a public holiday that mandates all tourists to be imprisoned in their hotels for 24 hours. No one is allowed on the streets, and could be arrested by Traditional Police. All businesses including the airport, ATMs, & TV broadcasts are shut down.

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100 Interesting Facts About Mobs and Gangs - Page 3 of 4 - Fact Republic

1. A mafia boss named Vincent Gigante for 30 years wandered Greenwich Village in his pajamas mumbling incoherently to himself, in an elaborate act to avoid prosecution. They called him "The Oddfather." 2. Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was a great depression-era gangster and notorious bank robber, endeared himself to the public by destroying mortgage papers at the banks he robbed, freeing many from their debts.