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Recalling the eruption of Mount Pelée — deadliest volcano in the 20th century
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
Who edited the Queen's Wikipedia page after she died? Meet the 'WikiJackals' who document breaking...
In The Know by Yahoo· 2 years agoWikipedia user Sydwhunte was the first person to edit the Queen's page — within a minute after the...
The Oldest Building in Each State
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoJeffGoulden/iStockphoto The United States is a relatively young country, but it still has plenty of history to explore. And one of the best ways to trace...
History: Accumulated land of Thousand Palms Oasis fortunately preserved by a poet
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNo one bothered to actually count the trees at the oasis, but the name Thousand Palms seemed the...
A little white house is all that remains from one of Canada's worst floods
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBehind the X owner’s trolling is a years long obsession with the internet’s favorite encyclopedia, Depths of Wiki creator Annie Rauwerda tells Rolling...
12 weather stories of Christmas past
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how...
9 nightmarish things in 'The Handmaid's Tale' inspired by history
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoElizabeth Moss as June in "The Handmaid's Tale."Elly Dassas/Hulu Hulu's series "The Handmaid's Tale"...
Fact Check: The Truth Behind a Photo That Allegedly Shows Scientist Who Collected Tattooed Skin of...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoScreengrab/Instagram Claim: Japanese scientist and physician Fukushi Masaichi preserved and...
Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...