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The Real-Life 'Lord Of The Flies'

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In an effort to test one of his theories on social behavior, psychologist Muzafer Sherif released 22 twelve-year-old boys into a sparsely supervised wilderness camp — and then covertly provoked them to fight each other.The British Psychological Society/University of AkronSome of 22 12-year-old boys unknowingly en route to participate in Sherif’s Robbers Cave experiment. In the summer of 1954, world-renowned social psychologist Muzafer Sherif toted 22 boys to the foothills of the San Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma. Read More...

The Rise And Fall Of Jared Fogle, The Former Face Of Subway

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From 2000 to 2015, Jared Fogle was Subway's most famous spokesperson — and a secret child predator committing horrific sex crimes.Mariela Lombard/ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Stock PhotoJared Fogle was convicted of child sex tourism and possession of child pornography in 2015. Known as the “Subway Guy,” Jared Fogle was the franchise’s best-known spokesman. He first became a household name across America after he claimed to have lost 245 pounds in less than a year by eating two Subway sandwiches per day. Read More...

The Story Of The Endurance Ship And Ernest Shackleton's Failed Antarctic Expedition

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In 1915, Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out on an expedition in the Endurance to become the first team to make a land crossing of Antarctica. Their ship would become stuck in the ice and sink, leading to a century-long search.In November 1915, an expedition to the Antarctic took a turn for the worse when the team’s ship, the Endurance, was crushed underneath the pressure of the heavy ice sheets and sunk to the bottom of the Weddell Sea. Read More...

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