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on November 13, 2015

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The Incest Capital of the World?

If you resemble any of these people, you probably live in Kentucky. At the far eastern edge of Kentucky , nestled in Appalachia, resides Letcher County. In spite of its isolation and poverty (approximately 30% of the county's population lives below the poverty line), Letcher County has managed to grow at an impressive rate, from a population of just 9,172 in 1900 to a present-day population of nearly 25,000. However, even if Letcher County tripled or quadrupled its present population, there's still a pretty good chance that virtually all of the county's inhabitants would be related to each other-- thanks to one particularly fertile family whose astounding rate of reproduction can put even the friskiest rabbit to shame. Around the year 1900, Letcher County was the home of a man by the name of Jason L. Webb, who made national headlines for having the one of the largest families in the world. According to newspaper reports of the era, Jason had 19 children, 175 grandch

SOLVED! One of America's Most Famous Unexplained Mysteries Resolved

Rare 104-Year-Old Book Solves Riddle of Missing Bones The sleepy town of Sayre, Pennsylvania, was the site of an archaeological excavation over a century ago which uncovered one of the most fantastic finds in history-- skeletons of an ancient race of giants who had horns projecting from their foreheads. The bones were sent to a museum in Philadelphia where they mysteriously vanished and haven't been seen since. At least that's the story that has been told in many books; a story which has captured the imaginations of millions, from fans of the unexplained to Biblical archaeologists who point to these horned beings as proof of the Old Testament giants known as Nephilim. And now, a recently found copy of a rare book published in 1908 puts to rest this mystery once and for all. It appears that the account of the Sayre excavation has been skewed by various re-tellings. The story of the horned giants as described in Real Aliens, Space Beings, and Creatures From Other Worl

The Sandra Bland mugshot conspiracy debunked

The alleged "corpse mugshot" The Twitterverse has been exploding in recent hours with allegations being made that the mugshot of Sandra Bland, who authorities claim hanged herself inside her jail cell after a controversial arrest in Texas on July 20, is not really a mugshot at all- but was taken after she was murdered by police. Many proponents of this theory allege that Bland's corpse was "posed", and then digitally manipulated or enhanced to make it appear as though she were alive. Unfortunately, this conspiracy is difficult to debunk or confirm with so little that is presently known about Bland's death (which was ruled a suicide after her autopsy). What's worse is that very few "sources" in regards to the mugshot photo are unbiased, with those denying the conspiracy being labeled as racists, and those alleging a conspiracy labeled as race-baiters. Since we have no political or social biases when it comes to investigating the strange a

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