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The Backstory: The Islands Where Millionaires Went to Disappear
Ever wish you could simply disappear? Maybe you’re sick of a job, a relationship, or responsibilities you can’t see your way past. More than a few fo…
1 month ago
The Backstory: Walt Disney: How Desperation Led to a Billion Dollar Mouse
Sometimes failure is actually the mother of success. Take Walt Disney, who at the age of 21 had one animation company go bankrupt. By 27, his taste o…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Backstory: Surviving an Apocalypse in Pure Luxury
As humans, our most serious drive is survival. So when we start worrying about apocalyptical events from what we do to ourselves or what others do to…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Backstory: Hantavirus: Do I Have It?
Do You Get Stressed Over News Stories About a Bunch of People Getting Sick With a Disease You’ve Never Even Heard Of? Lately, It’s the Hantavirus. Bu…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Backstory: Buzz Aldrin: To the Moon and Back
Ever Get the Feeling That Your One Big Moment . . Might Be All There Is? That Was the Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Second Man to Wal…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Backstory: Frozen … Then Waking Up a Century Later
On first blush, most of us say we’d like to live forever. But how far are you willing to go? How about freezing your body cryogenically so it can be …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Backstory: Shocking Items from the Sears Catalog
Even if we don’t love it, most of us rely on Amazon for a lot of our basic shopping needs. But 140 years ago, the Victorian version of Amazon arrived…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Backstory: Murder and the Family Next Door
We comfort ourselves by thinking that murder is something that happens to people when they aren’t careful about when, where, and who they mix it up w…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Backstory: Weird Foods: Beaver Tails, Stuffed Mice, and Whale Vomit
What Did History . . Taste Like? Do You Ever Stop to Wonder Why We Eat Certain Foods? There Are Some Pretty Strange Bites Looking Back Over the Mille…
2 months ago
The Backstory: UFOs: Are We Being Watched or Just Now Noticing?
Humans are fascinated by space. We gaze up at the night sky and ask what and who is up there? Ancient cave drawings illustrated those thoughts thousa…
2 months ago