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President Nixon had this 'MOON DISASTER' speech ready in case Apollo 11...
Three Apollo 11 astronauts went to the moon (two landed) and safely returned to Earth in July 1969.NASA knew the mission was very risky, so the White House prepared remarks in case the astronauts died....
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The richest people in human history up to the Industrial Revolution
Click here for a larger, more legible version of the infographic that you can explore in-depth.When we think of wealth today, we often think of the massive personal fortunes of business magnates like...
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19 robber barons who built and ruled America
America's tycoons in the 19th and early 20th centuries, pejoratively nicknamed "robber barons," built massive empires and accumulated unprecedented wealth.Many of these men gained their vast fortunes...
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A look at the daily routine of John Adams, who woke before dawn, walked 5...
John Adams had quite a career.After graduating from Harvard in 1755, he worked as a schoolmaster in Worcester, Massachusetts. The role wasn't a great fit.From there, Adams began studying law and was...
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Vintage photos show the terrifying first expeditions into the Congo to track...
This summer, a small Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was quickly and effectively contained — clear proof of how much scientists have learned about the deadly virus since it...
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US schools have undergone massive changes since the 1950s — here's what...
American children and teens spend around 7.5 hours a week more at school than kids did 20 years ago.That's only one way in which schools and education have changed over the years. Fashions come and go,...
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What US presidents looked like when they were young
It's hard to picture what American presidents were like before they left their marks on domestic and foreign policy.But we've collected old photos of US presidents to give a little taste of who they...
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Frogs used to tell women if they were pregnant — here's how the test worked...
African clawed frogs used to be the best human pregnancy tests in the world.Doctors would inject a woman's urine into the back of a female frog; if positive, the frog would lay eggs.Frog or "Hogben"...
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5 times 'Game of Thrones' based schemes, massacres, and battles on real...
Warning: "Game of Thrones" spoilers ahead.HBO's "Game of Thrones" includes numerous historical allusions.Some of the references are more obvious than others."A Song of Ice and Fire" author George R.R....
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Amazing images of San Francisco before it was a city
Before San Francisco was a bustling tech hub, before it was the center of the hippie universe, and before it became known for its lush hills, much of the area was covered in sand dunes.Golden Gate...
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A brief history of the hypocrisy-laden $50 billion plus-size clothing market...
Plus-sized fashion has come a long way since Lane Bryant was founded in the early 1900s. The brand — which once advertised "slenderizing" clothing for "stout" woman — has transformed into one of the...
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Ancient skulls that mirror ours are part of a handful of archaeological...
Most people don't spend their free time imagining what it would be like to get on the subway and sit across from a 300,000-year-old person. But anthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin isn't most people.In...
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Fake news is nothing new — here’s how it killed my ancestor over 300 years ago
Fake news isn't a new phenomenon.In 1678, rumors of a fabricated plot against the king gripped England.Public sentiments became more heated in the wake of a mysterious murder. Many innocent people were...
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Today's hottest tech companies were founded by men born between 1981 and 1984...
Men born between 1981 and 1984 are highly overrepresented at the top of the tech world.There are a number of factors to explain the pattern, beginning with the introduction of the PC in the...
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It's time to stop coddling the Confederacy
It's easy to see a simple connection between the people waving Nazi flags and Confederate flags in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on...
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29 true facts that sound like they're fake
Life is weird and there are a lot of facts out there that sound too unbelievable to be true.Did you know, for instance, that a day on Venus is longer than a year? Or that some animals are born...
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Charlottesville started with a statue of Robert E. Lee — Here are 11...
• Violence at Charlottesville has shone a light on the controversy surrounding Confederate monuments on public grounds.• There were 1,503 Confederate symbols displayed in public spaces in the US as of...
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Google Earth created an eye-opening way to 'step inside' some of the world's...
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to grow up in a completely different society, there's a fun way to find out using Google Earth. With the latest update to Google's "This is Home" project,...
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'Is it George Washington next week?' Trump asked as Confederate statues begin...
• Donald Trump held a controversial press conference Tuesday, in the aftermath of a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.• He blasted the push to remove Confederate statues — sentiments he...
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Trump suggested Robert E. Lee and George Washington were on the same level —...
Both were great generals. Both Virginians. Both came from slave-owning plantation families.Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President...
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