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Here's the favorite drink of every US president
To celebrate Independence Day many American's will be cracking open a beer to celebrate the country's founding fathers. No one knows more about political drinking than author Mark Will-Weber, whose...
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How did Amelia Earhart die? New photo shows the pilot could have survived the...
A lost photo may shed new light on the mysterious death of famous aviator Amelia Earhart.The photo, which will be featured in in a new History channel special called "Amelia Earhart: The Lost...
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There’s a bi-national beach on the US-Mexico border where separated families...
Steel fencing with razor wire, sensors, and surveillance cameras line most of the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border. The goal is to keep undocumented immigrants from entering the US — an effort the Trump...
View ArticleAmelia Earhart's disappearance may finally be explained with one photo
A lost photo may shed new light on the mysterious death of famous aviator Amelia Earhart.The photo, which will be featured in a new History channel special called "Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence,"...
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38 incredible facts about the modern US dollar
We’ve previously showed you 31 Fascinating Facts About the Dollar’s Early History, which highlighted the history of U.S. currency before the 20th century. This was a very interesting period in which we...
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Looking back at the lessons of the Asian Financial Crisis on its 20th...
July marks the 20th anniversary of what was considered to be the start of the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC), which sent shockwaves through the region and beyond. The crisis was thought to have started...
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The first known attempt on a sitting US president's life is a baffling legend...
Over the course of history, four US presidents have been assassinated, while 13 escaped attempts on their lives.This bloody history dates back to a misty winter day 182 years ago.On January 30, 1835,...
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The history of fake eyelashes will make you never want to wear them again
The INSIDER Summary:In 1899 women were having lashes implanted into their eyelids with needles.Some even attempted to glue human hair to their eyelids instead of threading it, but the method wasn’t too...
View ArticleThis vintage video shows what New York City's subway was like in the 1940s
The New York Transit Museum archives have this vintage video produced by the NY Transportation Board in 1949 about the New York City subway system.At the time, the fare was $0.10 - and the turnstiles...
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This 150-year-old colonial mansion houses one of the world's fanciest...
"Fancy" and "McDonald's" usually don't belong in the same sentence.But this Mickey D's location in Freeport, Maine looks pretty classy, considering it was built inside a 150-year-old mansion.It's...
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A military expert just blew a massive hole in the theory that a new photo...
Majuro (Marshall Islands) (AFP) - A photograph supposedly showing Amelia Earhart alive in the Marshall Islands in 1937 that caused a stir earlier this month is from a Japanese book published years...
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The Newark Riots began 50 years ago today — here's why they still matter
Fifty years ago, the city of Newark, New Jersey experienced a string of violent riots after two white police officers stopped and beat up a black taxi driver on July 12 in a community that had suffered...
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Humans have caused surprising changes to the planet that will be visible...
Humans have only been on Earth for a minute fraction of the time the planet has existed. Yet everywhere you look, we have left a trace of our presence.We've reshaped the landscape by clearing forests...
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A massive blackout hit New York City 40 years ago today — here’s what it...
On July 13, 1977—40 years ago today—at approximately 9:36 p.m., New York City was plunged into darkness. Trains screeched to a halt, airports were shut down and baseball games were forced to postpone.A...
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7 rules of medieval knighthood that will change the way you look at chivalry
People say "chivalry is dead" like that's a terrible thing.In the popular imagination, chivalry seems to harken back to some mythical era when armored knights rode about the land going on quests,...
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The world's first planned drive-through mall is now a prison — take a look at...
Amongst the small houses on a hill in Caracas, Venezuela, the massive Helicoide looks otherworldly — or at the very least, out of place.The spaceship-like building was originally planned as a...
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Amazon launched 22 years ago this week — here's how the business has evolved
The idea for Amazon was born in 1994 in New York City, while Jeff Bezos was working in finance and realizing the internet was not something he could not let pass him by.Bezos put together a list of...
View ArticleThese are the longest-living life-forms on Earth
What is the true longest-living life-form? Tortoises, whales, and trees are all likely to be the winners. However, some microscopic species are the answer for this. They have been alive since before...
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A rare 2,700-year-old water reservoir with ancient engravings was unearthed...
A well-preserved 2,700-year-old reservoir from the Assyrian period was recently unearthed near Rosh Ha’ayin by archaeologists from the Antiquities Authority, the authority announced on Thursday.The...
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18 people who accomplished incredible things at a shockingly young age
Picture a wunderkind.The names of tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates tend to come to mind when we're thinking about people who achieved extraordinary success at...
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