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Step inside the Smithsonian's incredibly organized hidden collection rooms
In the back rooms of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, are drawers upon drawers of exotic bird carcasses, cultural artifacts, hunks of rock, and much more.For over...
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11 common expressions that have weird and disturbing origins
Idioms may make our language more colorful, but their origins aren't always so innocent.Sometimes the most banal phrases we use actually started as literal ways of describing a gruesome or bizarre...
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The ironic story behind the creation of the guillotine
One day in May 1738, legend has it, a woman approaching the end of her pregnancy was walking down a street in Saintes, France, when she heard the cries of a man being executed on the town’s breaking...
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A hidden room at the Smithsonian contains 2.5 billion years of history
The public exhibits at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. are only a small fraction of the museum's entire collection.The real collection — the 126 million specimens...
View ArticleTurns out the bright lights in Times Square are actually relics from a...
Times Square, the world-famous intersection at 42nd Street, is synonymous with bright lights, Broadway shows, and various Disney characters. However, the Manhattan neighborhood comes from a secret...
View ArticleThis animated map shows how religion spread across the world
Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are five of the biggest religions in the world. Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history and had a...
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The amazing true story of Alexander Hamilton, America's coolest founding father
Forget Trump or Hillary — Alexander Hamilton might be America's favorite politician.Ever since Lin-Manuel Miranda's revival of the founding father's life hit Broadway last summer, the American public...
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Scientists may have just uncovered an ancient Viking site in North America...
A team of researchers may have just found a second Viking site in North America.The Vikings were a seafaring group from Scandinavia that sailed around the world, raiding and pillaging along the way,...
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Americans might be doing their laundry all wrong
In October 2015, I was in the Philippines, on a bus heading up the North Luzon Expressway out of Manila and into the mountains.I had traveled from San Francisco to visit my friend Imman, and we were...
View ArticleThe incredible story behind a 1950s space experiment that turned into a viral...
Maybe you've seen this ancient-looking video of cats floating weightlessly inside an airplane.Since YouTube user AIRBOYD uploaded the clip on January 11, 2011, people have watched it more than 2.3...
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Archaeologists may have discovered a Viking settlement in North America —...
On Friday, researchers announced that they may have found new evidence of a former Viking settlement in North America. The Vikings were a seafaring group from Scandinavia that sailed around the world,...
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6 mind-blowing tactical tricks that have turned the tide of wars
Technology and manpower never guarantee a military victory by themselves. And neither can tactics and strategy — sometimes, it takes an extra measure of trickery and subterfuge to swing the tide on the...
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This year's National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees invented everything...
Since 1973, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has inducted some history's brightest minds and most influential innovators into its ranks — Edison and Tesla counted among them.On May 5, the nonprofit...
View ArticleScientists have linked the deaths of three US presidents to the same...
Many historians will tell you it was pneumonia that killed President William Henry Harrison. The popular belief is that he developed the infection after catching a cold while delivering his...
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Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill
Multiple sources are reporting that Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill, and Alexander Hamilton will keep his spot on the $10.According to Politico, on...
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9 influential speeches that changed the world
From Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty, or give me death" to FDR's "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," we have selected nine of our favorite speeches that have changed the world:SEE ALSO:...
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Here's why a Chernobyl-style nuclear meltdown can't happen in the United States
Thirty years ago today, on Tuesday, April 26, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant melted down outside Pripyat, Ukraine.The resulting explosion killed 31 people almost immediately, and the spray of...
View ArticleThe incredible story behind a creepy ship graveyard in New York City
Hundred of old and decrepit tugboats, warships, fishing boats, and ferries used to rot and rust in the muck of Arthur Kill, a waterway that separates Staten Island and New Jersey. Now, only 25...
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I toured Ellis Island's eerie abandoned hospital — take a look inside
A family travels for 21 days on a boat that eventually lands on Ellis Island. They gaze at the Statue of Liberty before they are shuffled into lines. Before they start their new lives, a staff of...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson reveals 'mind-boggling' facts about water
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson often finds that people can't comprehend the scales of things — just how tiny molecules really are, for example. Turns out, there's so tiny, you probably share more...
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