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7 Iconic Pinup Girls Who Revolutionized 20th-Century America

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Marilyn Monroe Even before she became Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Mortenson was a natural in front of the camera.Antonio Marín Segovia/Flickr Monroe started out like any pinup girl who wanted to make it big in Hollywood.antoniomarinsegovia/Flickr She divorced her first husband, dyed her brown hair blonde, and changed her name in order to become a star. Antonio Marín Segovia/Flickr Early on in her career, Monroe posed for some nude photos. Read More...

9 Torture Chambers Used By History's Worst Serial Killers

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The Homemade Dungeon Where Li Hao Kept His Sex Slaves Chinese Police DepartmentLi Hao was executed for his crimes in 2014. In 2009, an ex-firefighter and government clerk named Li Hao purchased a residential property in Luoyang, Henan Province, China. He dug a dungeon into the dirt of the basement. There, he trapped six women, forcing them into online prostitution as he filmed himself violently raping them. Five of the women Li Hao trapped were sex workers whose services he was supposedly soliciting. Read More...

A Biography Of The Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist

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Marie Curie's biography presents an inspiring portrait of a woman who overcame poverty and misogyny to make Earth-shattering scientific discoveries.Marie Curie is a woman of many outstanding firsts. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics in 1903. Eight years later, she became the first person and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, her two wins also cemented her as the only person to have ever won the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields — physics and chemistry. Read More...

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