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The beloved star of Good Times, Esther Rolle was known for speaking her mind to television executives when it came to how Black Americans were portrayed in sitcoms. The post Esther Rolle, The Pioneering Actress Who Pushed Back Against Black Stereotypes On Television appeared first on All That's Interesting....

A former Arkansas state clerk, Paula Jones was allegedly sexually harassed by then-Governor Bill Clinton in Little Rock in May 1991. The post How Paula Jones Accused Bill Clinton Of Sexual Harassment — And Helped Expose The Lewinsky Scandal appeared first on All That's Interesting....

A stone slab that's been sitting in a high school for more than 20 years contains the "one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints" ever found in Australia. The post A Paleontologist Just Identified 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints In The Office Of A High School In Australia appeared first on All That's Interesting....

Roughly 800 "Ocean Census" researchers participated in 10 expeditions to every corner of the globe and uncovered a wealth of bizarre, beautiful, and singular species that were unknown until now. The post ‘Ocean Census’ Project Discovers 866 New Species, From A Guitar Shark To A Mud Dragon To An Octocoral appeared first on All That's Interesting....

The building could have housed up to 20,000 scrolls and might even be the oldest library discovered in the north-west ancient Roman provinces. The post Archeologists Discovered The Remnants Of Germany’s Oldest Public Library In Cologne appeared first on All That's Interesting....

Roman historian Suetonius wrote The Lives of the Caesars in the second century C.E., and it's full of gossip and scandalous rumors about Julius Caesar and the first 11 Roman emperors. The post Ancient Roman Gossip Book Makes The Bestseller List 2,000 Years After Its Original Publication appeared first on All That's Interesting....

Experts believe the ship was hit with a storm and crashed into either a large rock or a small island. Nevertheless, it was found in such good condition that researchers uncovered one amphora that still had intact olive pits inside. The post Divers In Türkiye Just Found The Wreck Of A Ship That Sank While Transporting Jugs Of Olive Oil 1,100 Years Ago appeared first on All That's Interesting....

Uhtred the Bold, the real historical figure who inspired The Last Kingdom, wasn't raised by Vikings like his onscreen counterpart, but he did fight against the Danes, unite Northumbria, and spark a blood feud that lasted for generations. The post Inside The True Story Of Uhtred Of Bebbanburg That <em>The Last Kingdom</em> Didn’t Tell appeared first on All That's Interesting....

This version of Shakespeare's famous sonnet was seemingly altered to invoke loyalty to the monarchy during the English Civil War. The post A Revised Copy Of A Famous Shakespeare Sonnet Was Just Discovered In A 17th-Century Collection At Oxford appeared first on All That's Interesting....