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Learn about fascinating stories and discoveries throughout history, from the ancient world to the modern era.

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Bring Back the Automat!

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Happy 200th Birthday, Florence Nightingale

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Why Radical Homemaking Makes Sense

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Norway Plans to Excavate a Viking Ship Burial for the First Time in a Century
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The Mint Julep Is the Kentucky Derby's Official Drink Because People Love to Steal Glasses
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Why People Are Turning to Anne Frank's Diary
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3 Different Early Human Ancestors Lived at the Same Time, in the Same Place
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How the Navajo Code Talkers Helped Win World War II
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What Attracts Us to Gods, Goddesses and Superheroes?
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How the Codpiece Solved a Fashion Emergency
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8 Great Heroes of Human Rights
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Why Are Some Countries 30 Minutes Off the Global Time Zone Grid?
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Posters for the Plague
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5 Brilliant Mathematicians and Their Impact on the Modern World
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This Plant May Have Made Vikings Go Berserk Before Battle
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Why Americans Will Never Love Tea as Much as Coffee
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8 of the World's Most Dangerous Daredevil Stunts
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10 Once-Influential Countries That No Longer Exist
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This February 2 Is a Most-Glorious, Super Rare Palindrome Day
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9 Things You Don't Know About John Muir
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The Titanic Iceberg: A Photo History of Potential Suspects
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'The Real Dirt on America's Frontier Legends'
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Day of the Lei: Celebrate Native Hawaiian Culture With These Beautiful Floral Wreaths
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12 Things You May Not Know About Otzi the Iceman
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Listen to the Voices of Thomas Edison's Spooky Talking Dolls From 1890
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Treasure Hunter Seeks Families Connected to Trove of 14,000 Dog Tags From WWII
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This Norwegian Teen Is Dancing a Traditionally Male Dance to Show Love for Her Grandfather
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10 Things You May Not Know About Cesar Chavez
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10 Famous Appalachian Trail Hikers
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A Mudlark Explains the Joy of Her River Hobby
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12 Amazing Message-In-A-Bottle Stories
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10 Female Astronomers Everyone Should Know
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William Shakespeare: Literary Giant, Tax Dodger and Ruthless Businessman?
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5 Strange Cases of Mass Hysteria
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8 Tips for Surviving an Alien Invasion
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Why Y'all Is Such a Useful Word
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6 Eco-Friendly Presidents
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10 of the World's Biggest Unsolved Mysteries
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What Is the Purpose of a Monument?
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9 Famous Female Aviators
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Where Did the Word 'OK' Come From?
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Did You Hear About the Eggnog Riot of 1826?
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This Forest Language From the Age of Vikings May Soon Disappear
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Say Hello to the First Female Chief Ranger in This National Park's 85-Year History
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At Least This Year Wasn't as Bad as A.D. 536 — The Worst Year in Human History
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Gadzooks! The Truth Behind Not-So-Innocent Phrases
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To Mark Its Centennial, Finland Gives Itself the Most Finnish Gift Possible: A New Library
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Yes, the Vikings Raided, but They Also Established Thriving Cities
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The Lost Towns Under Lake Murray
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Australian Aboriginal Tale Might Be the Oldest Story Ever Told
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8 People Who Changed the World as Kids
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The Story Behind Spider Christmas Ornaments
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In These Villages, the Mail Comes by Babushka
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On Stoicism and Sustainability
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A Hundred Years Ago, May Day Was a Very Big Deal
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What Do Those Cemetery Symbols Mean?
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Giant Hawaiian Waves Briefly Reveal Ancient Rock Art Under the Sand
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Mysterious Stone Monument Found in Kazakhstan Is Way Bigger Than Stonehenge
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Mouse Caught in 155-Year-Old Museum Mousetrap
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9 Ancient Man-Made Environmental Catastrophes
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9 Trailblazing Female Explorers
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Girl Pulls 1,500-Year-Old Sword From Lake
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Could a Mummy's Curse Be Causing Earthquakes and Floods in Siberia?
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10 Countries Where Royalty Still Rules
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Meet Bulgaria's Scary, Masked Fur Monsters Known as Kukeri
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How Wheat Changed the World
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Happy 210th Birthday, Charles Darwin!
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10 Incredible Ancient Cave Paintings
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Ancient Egyptian Tomb Turns Out to Be Crawling With Mummified Cats
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What Dreams Reveal About Different Cultures
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Is This the Wildest Treasure Hunt in History? The Mystery of the Oak Island Money Pit
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Archaeologists Discover 400 Ancient Stone 'Gates' in the Saudi Arabian Desert
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Do We Still Need Daylight Saving Time?
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This Ale Is Brewed From 133-Year-Old Shipwrecked Yeast
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What Were the Split Brain Experiments?
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Why Countries With the Nicest People Are the Greenest
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The Spooky History of Bell Witch Cave
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6 Great Treasures Found With a Metal Detector
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10 Things You Didn't Know About Johnny Appleseed
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Amelia Earhart's Final SOS Calls Detail Her Haunting Last Days
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Scratches Made by Ancient Witches Discovered in UK Cave
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Could Ancient Stone Circles Have Been Conduits for Lightning Strikes?
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Where Did the Bogeyman Come From?
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A Monk Received a Traffic Ticket for Driving in His Robes, but the Internet Wasn't Having It
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There's a Newly Discovered Amazon Tribe, but Here's Why We're Not Contacting Them
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Tipis: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
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11 Christmas Traditions We Don't Have in the U.S.
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11 Cultural Traditions Protected by UNESCO
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13 Quotes From Mister Rogers to Live By
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Does Ancient Cave Art Provide the Clues to Early Human Language?
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15 Legendary World's Fair Leftovers
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5 Historic Battles You Can Witness in the Present
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That Time Scientists Put a Ferret in a Giant Particle Accelerator...
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7 Infamous Shipwrecks
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Houston's Long-Forgotten Subterranean Reservoir Opens to the Public
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How Good Were Neanderthals at Hunting?
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Rare 'Elixir of Immortality' Recovered From Ancient Chinese Tomb
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Ancient Scrolls Sealed Shut by Vesuvius Reveal Some of Their Secrets
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This Fascinating Maori Belief Says We're All 'Walking Backward Into the Future'
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At Last, the Secret to Making Mummies Revealed