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10 beauty treatments that were once popular but are actually incredibly...
Cosmetics used to contain arsenic, mercury, and radioactivity — all of which can be deadly.People used to swallow tape worms to lose weight and wear tight corsets that caused deformities.Eyelashes used...
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Abraham Lincoln, JFK, and Richard Nixon were all middle children — take a...
The majority of US presidents were middle children.Firstborn kids made up the second largest group among the 44 commanders-in-chief.There's hasn't yet been a president who was an only child.Take a look...
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Construction on the Berlin Wall started 57 years ago — here's what it looked...
RFE/RL archival photos of the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. All of the photographs in this slide show were all culled from the RFE/RL archives at the Hoover Institution at Stanford...
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A congressman just called Mike Pence 'the greatest VP' since John Adams —...
Mike Pence was just dubbed "the greatest vice president" since John Adams by Ohio congressman Steve Chabot.In reality, Adams hated his time as vice president. He was given very little to do other than...
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Chestnuts were once such a huge part of life in America's Appalachia region,...
Chestnuts were once an important part of Appalachian history. The chestnut tree dominated the Appalachian region — one Virginia county alone exported 160,000 pounds of chestnuts in 1910.They were such...
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Aretha Franklin was present for some of America's biggest moments — see...
Music icon Aretha Franklin died on Thursday, August 16 at age 76. Her decades-long career included dozens of awards and honoree performances that ranged from personal to political and celebratory.From...
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The most powerful woman the year you were born
History is full of incredible female role models who push boundaries, break glass ceilings, and achieve groundbreaking victories in own their careers and for humankind as a whole.Keep scrolling to see...
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15 fascinating facts you probably didn't know about Amazon (AMZN)
When Amazon first launched in 1995 as a website that only sold books, founder Jeff Bezos had a vision for the company's explosive growth and e-commerce domination.He knew from the very beginning, he...
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18 books US presidents have written about their time in office
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.US presidents have had a substantial...
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13 of the most famous last words in history
There's something comforting about poetic, funny, or interesting last words.These quotations give us hope about facing death with dignity or even humor.From an early American patriot to a famous rock...
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There's a new movie about a romance between a biracial teen and a Nazi — and...
"Where Hands Touch" is a movie starring Amandla Stenberg as a biracial girl living in Nazi Germany who becomes romantically involved with a member of the Hitler Youth.It's being criticized for...
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13 iconic outfits former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wore
A lifelong champion of the arts and outspoken preservationist, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was also one of the most influential fashion icons of her era.Known for her chic yet simple style, the former...
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The adorable love stories of 11 presidents and their first ladies
Some US presidents and first ladies can boast of pretty swoon-worthy love stories.Grace and Calvin Coolidge met after she spied him shaving through a window; Theodore and Edith Roosevelt were childhood...
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8 ways Jackie Kennedy influenced history
Few first ladies past and present have resonated with the American public across different backgrounds. A poster for strength in the wake of her husband's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis...
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No, all peppers aren't actually the same plant
A viral tweet is claiming that green, red, orange, and yellow bell peppers are all the same plant at different degrees of ripeness.It's not true.They're all different plants.However, it is true that...
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A firefighter killed in California's largest wildfire in state history was...
A firefighter lost his life battling the largest fire in California history last month in a series of events that began when an air tanker dropped thousands of gallons of flame-suppressing liquid over...
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What 30 historical icons were doing when they were in their 20s
Let’s face it, your 20s can be intimidating, difficult, and downright stressful. Following typical societal expectations, you’re meant to graduate college, meet the love of your life, and build a...
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16 unbelievable ways that life in the US has changed in the past 100 years
The world we live in moves so quickly — there are things we use today that will be obsolete by 2020 — that it's no surprise that it was completely different a mere century ago.Take a look around your...
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The real story of Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet officer who 'saved' the world...
Legend has it that on September 26, 1983, in a nuclear command and control center outside of Moscow, Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov detected five US nuclear warheads headed right for him but stood down from...
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