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The rise and fall of historical world economies
The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays.Long before the invention of modern day maps or gunpowder, the planet’s major powers were already duking it out for economic and...
View ArticleApple’s original logo looks nothing like it does today — here’s how it’s changed
Apple has one of the most recognizable logos in the world. This video shows how Apple's logo has changed throughout the company's history.Follow Tech Insider: On FacebookJoin the conversation about...
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How finance has shaped human history since the beginning of civilization
What is finance, where does it come from, and why does it matter?William N. Goetzmann, of the Yale School of Management, addressed these questions in his presentation at the 62nd Annual Financial...
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7 awe-inspiring train stations across America
New York City's nightmarish Penn Station is undergoing massive renovations to restore it to something close to its original grandeur. Central Station's original beauty, however, is still visible.It...
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21 foods and drinks you never knew were named after real people
The INSIDER Summary:INSIDER found the funny, bizarre, and historic origin stories behind the names of 21 popular foods and drinks.Cobb salad was named after the owner of the Hollywood Brown Derby, who...
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144 years ago the stock market shut down for the first time because of a...
144 years ago today, for the first time in its history, the New York Stock Exchange shut down in response to a panic.The 10-day closure followed the failure of Jay Cooke & Company Bank, which was...
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24 before-and-after photos that show how fast the world changes
Twenty years ago, two Stanford PhD students created Google, Tamagotchi toys were a worldwide phenomenon, and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" hit shelves for the first time.Ten years later, in...
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The 5,000-year history of interest rates shows just how historically low US...
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged between 1.00% and 1.25% at the conclusion of its two-day meeting in September.It also confirmed, as expected, that it will begin shrinking...
View ArticleAnimated map shows how cats spread across the world
You can find house cats on every continent except Antarctica. But that wasn't always the case. How did cats make it across oceans and into households worldwide? The secret lies in ancient cat DNA....
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The oldest hotel in every state
The INSIDER Summary:Many hotels in the US date back to the country's founding — and some are even older.The Seaside Inn in Kennebunk, Maine, for example, has been run by the same family for nine...
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A historian says all of sci-fi shares the same major flaw — except one...
Historian Michael Bess worries that Aldous Huxley's most famous novel "Brave New World" may be one of the most accurate sci-fi visions of our future.In the 1930s-era book, people are bio-engineered,...
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The oldest restaurant in every state
The INSIDER SummaryEvery restaurant has a story, especially when said restaurant is older than the United States of America. For example, The '76 House in Tappan, New York, was the site of key moments...
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Malcolm Gladwell shares the best book he's read this year
Malcolm Gladwell, the bestselling author and host of the podcast "Revisionist History," is an avid book lover.He reads historical fiction, pop psychology, dense academic texts, and everything in...
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The 16 most bizarre facts about Hugh Hefner's life
Hugh Hefner, Playboy's founder, lived a wild life.Before building a multi-million-dollar brand around the objectification of women, he served in World War II and toiled in the publishing...
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Trump needs to watch Ken Burns' new 'Vietnam War' documentary ASAP
President Donald Trump is playing a dangerous game with North Korea, risking a repeat of one of the mistakes that ensnared America in the Vietnam War — only worse.The US president is castigating the...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court will hear a landmark case on gerrymandering — here’s how...
The Supreme Court will hear a major case out of Wisconsin that could have an impact on how district lines are drawn.Over 200 years ago, Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts signed a bill that...
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The story of how Steve Jobs saved Apple from disaster and led it to rule the...
October 5th marks the 6-year anniversary of the passing of Steve Jobs, the visionary Apple co-founder. So let's take a moment to reflect on his life and legacy. Nowadays, Apple is the most valuable...
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Amazing images of London show the city's evolution over nearly 2,000 years
Like all living things, cities have lifespans. London started as a small Roman settlement along the Thames River. But today, more than 8.6 million people call the place home.Here are 21 maps,...
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Columbus Day has been controversial since it was established, and its history...
• Some locales around the US have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day.• Observance of the holiday in North America dates back to colonial times.• The general public has become...
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New York City owns a creepy island that almost no one is allowed to visit —...
Less than one mile from Manhattan — one of the priciest and most densely populated places in the world — exists a little-known island that people abandoned nearly 55 years ago."North Brother Island is...
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