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Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

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How Can Some Trees Survive for Thousands of Years?

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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9 U.S. Presidents with the Most Vetoes

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Poker Hands Ranked

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