The Stories Behind These Abandoned Islands Will Freak You Out

Slavery in Sudan

Eventually, the port became a center for East Africa slave trading. When trade diminished, the city fell with it.

Some cats are allergic to people.
The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
Shakespeare's plays feature the word "love" about 10 times more than the word "hate."
The chance of a coin landing heads-up is not 50-50