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Here's Why Bank of America Employs Geologists, Archivists, Gerontologists,...
When one thinks about the types of people that work for a big bank, it's not likely they think of archivists, geologists, historians, or gerontologists.But as it turns out, Bank of America, along with...
View ArticleHere's What They Found Inside A Forgotten Wall Street Time Capsule
A time capsule sealed back in 1914 was just opened up on Wall Street after being forgotten about.Produced by Alex Kuzoian and Matt Johnston. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video: On...
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This Van Gogh Painting Offers A Whole New Way Of Understanding History
One of billionaire Bill Gates' newest ventures is trying to change how students learn history by promoting an interdisciplinary approach called "Big History."As detailed in a recent feature in The New...
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How The CIA Tried To Raise A Lost Soviet Submarine With A Giant Crane — And...
In August 1974, the United States undertook a top-secret mission that one CIA document disclosed in 2010 "ranks in the forefront of imaginative and bold operations undertaken in the long history of...
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This Amazing Film Shows What Iraq Was Like In The 1950s
In April, the 20th-century film house British Pathé digitized more than 80,000 of its films and put them on YouTube."Ageless Iraq" is one of them, shot in the 1950s to introduce "a new country" to the...
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This Fascinating Map Is The Ottoman Empire’s Take On The United States In 1803
What did the United States look like to Ottoman observers in 1803? In this map, the newly independent U.S. is labeled “The Country of the English People” (“İngliz Cumhurunun Ülkesi”). The Iroquois...
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13 Iconic Buildings By Christopher Wren, The 17th Century Architect Who...
Sir Christopher Wren was the foremost architect in Britain in the 17th century. An exponent of the neoclassical style, he supervised the rebuilding of the City of London after the Great Fire...
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The Silliest Reason In History To Sell Your Stocks
Barron's latest cover is looking bullish — and for some that's a sign to sell.Traders and investors routinely freak out over bullish headlines, convinced they're signs of bullishness going...
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How The Burden Of War Debts Triggered History's First Bear Market In 1692
The United States stock market has been in bull-market mode for six years now, and some fear the stock market may be running out of steam. By our count, there have been 25 bear markets in the United...
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The History Of The Universe In 10 Steps
Human civilization has been at the center of history for as long as the discipline has existed. Big History, an emerging discipline that studies history from the Big Bang to the present, is trying to...
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Historic Belvedere Manor With Jaw-Dropping Views Is On The Market For $49...
Locksley Hall, originally built in 1904 by banker C.O. Perry, sits on the southern crest of Belvedere Island, and is on the market for $49 million, according to Curbed.The three-story,...
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Meet The X-18, The Groundbreaking 1950s Ancestor Of One Of The US Military's...
The V-22 Osprey, a heavy aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically, is a mainstay in 21st century US troop transportation.But its tiltrotor technology, which allows the Osprey to take off...
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How The Modern World Arose From The North Sea
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE did not write "The Merchant of Antwerp", but if Michael Pye is right, it was a near thing. In his new book he argues that the North Sea rivals the Mediterranean as the cradle of...
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Scientists Who Discovered Ebola Almost Caused A Disaster: 'It Makes Me Wince...
When Ebola first arrived in Europe on Sept. 29, 1976, the vials of the virus were carried from Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a shiny blue thermos on a passenger flight.Three lab...
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Researchers Say They've Found A Piece Of Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane
Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and her plane were lost over the Pacific in 1937.Neither were ever found.But now researchers argue that a chunk of metal discovered in 1991 belongs to Earhart's vanished...
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George F. Kennan Was A Cold War Icon — But A Flawed Model For Current Policy
Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) received the Distinguished Service Award from the Center for the National Interest. In his remarks, Paul laid out the basic principles of what he described as a...
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How Orson Welles Pulled Off The Scariest Media Hoax Of All Time
Seventy-six years ago Thursday, millions of Americans tuned in to their regular nighttime broadcast and got some rather shocking news. A panicked newscaster informed the masses that Martians had landed...
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The UK Is Going To Pay Millions In War-Related Debts Going Back To The 18th...
A century on, the UK government will start paying back the nation’s first world war debt, which amounts to £2bn ($3.2 billion).It announced on Friday it would pay off £218m ($348 million) from a 4%...
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These Stunning Hubble Images Show Us The Secrets Of The Universe
Even if you know nothing about astronomy, you've likely heard the name Hubble in reference to the Hubble Space Telescope.This telescope, which uses a series of high-resolution cameras to observe the...
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Iran's Regime Is Celebrating The 35th Anniversary Of The US Embassy Hostage...
Thousands of Iranians chanted "Down with America" at a major anti-US rally on Tuesday marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, just days ahead of a key meeting between...
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