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Ancient Feathered Shield And Supernatural Murals Discovered In Peruvian Temple
Hidden in a sealed part of an ancient Peruvian temple, archaeologists have discovered a feathered shield dating back around 1,300 years.Made by the Moche people, the rare artifact was found face down...
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A Brief History Of Clowns, And Why They're So Darn Scary
Does anyone really like clowns? Though Coulrophobia— or an extreme fear of clowns — is highly-disputed in the academic realm, many people would admit that clowns totally freak them out.With National...
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Mysterious Island Ape Sheds Light On The Evolution Of Human Walking
A bizarre ancient ape whose gait has stumped researchers for decades walked on all fours and swung from the trees, new research suggests.Oreopithecus bambolii, an ape that lived on an isolated island 7...
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Ancient Map Reveals Existence Of The Lost 'Cincinnati Federal Reserve'
The St. Louis Federal Reserve published a new batch of archival Federal Reserve materials on Thursday, and we came across an intriguing document.Here is a map, dating from either 1913 or 1914, showing...
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Scientists Have Recreated 4-Billion-Year-Old Proteins
Researchers have reconstructed the structure of 4-billion-year-old proteins.The primeval proteins, described today (Aug. 8) in the journal Structure, could reveal new insights about the origin of life,...
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The Stock Market Dipped Once This Year, And Double-Dips Almost Never Happen
S&P Capital IQ's Sam Stovall, the unofficial historian of the S&P500, says an imminent pull-back of the index is unlikely — mostly because we already saw a sharp decline earlier this spring....
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The Entire History Of The World In One Chart
The Vault is Slate's history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here.This “Histomap,” created by John...
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The Remarkable Story Of How Lobster Went From Being Used As Fertilizer To A...
It's time to eat all of the fresh lobster, seafood, and summer fare we can before Labor Day.But here's something to think about while downing every lobster roll in sight before summer's end — our...
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How Two US Navy F-14 Tomcats Shot Down Two Libyan Fighters, 32 Years Ago Today
One year ago today, Tony Scott, the famous director of “Top Gun”, chose to commit suicide.But Aug. 19 was an important date for the Tomcat community, because that day in 1981 US Navy F-14s were...
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A Visual History Of How The March On Washington Became One Of The Biggest...
Next week marks the 50 year anniversary of the March on Washington, a monumental victory for civil rights in this country.On August 28, 1963, an estimated 250,000 people gathered in the nation's...
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Film Experts Say These Movies Transformed The Civil Rights Movement
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Leaders from all over our country are gathering in D.C. to mark the occasion, with a speech at the end of the day’s proceedings by President...
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35 Gorgeous Photos Of Texas In The 1970s
Marc St. Gil was one of about a hundred photographers commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency to document American life in the 1970s as part of the DOCUMERICA project.He traveled to the...
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46 Photos Of Life At A Japanese Internment Camp, Taken By Ansel Adams
While America celebrates Victory over Japan Day on September 2, let's not forget the suffering of about 110,000 Japanese Americans who were forced to live in internment camps.Even at the time, this...
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16 Of The Most Impressive Predictions Of All Time
The most impressive prognostications usually sound ridiculous at the time — but come true in the end.As science fiction writer Arthur Clarke said, "If by some miracle, a prophet could describe the...
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31 Vintage Photos Of Florida's Booming Retirement Communities In The 1970s
In the 1970s, thousands of retirees from the Northeast started migrating to Florida for warmer weather and stress-free living.Developers quickly realized the opportunity and started building retirement...
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How The 'Friday The 13th' Superstition Got Started
Fear of Friday the 13th, also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia, plagues our society. The diagnosis brings together "Frigg," a Norse goddess and Friday's namesake, and "triskaidekaphobia," fear of the...
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The True Story Of How The US Almost Had A Fourth Branch Of Government That...
Next week is Constitution Week — 226 years ago, we ratified the nation's governing document in PhiladelphiaWith the constitution the three branches of government were established.But you may not know...
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The True Story Of How The Presidency Was Almost A Three-Person Committee
Whom do you put in charge of your country after you've overthrown a king?We now know the answer of course — just call the new leader "president" and make him accountable to two other branches of...
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The 6 English Words Longer Than Antidisestablishmentarianism
If your elementary school teachers told you that antidisestablish-mentarianism was the longest word in the dictionary, they lied.In fact, most dictionaries today don't include...
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ART CASHIN: 140 Years Ago Today The Fall Of One Bank Slowly Triggered A...
Know your history, it'll help you recognize what's going on when you're doomed to repeat it.In his daily note, Wall Street's unofficial historian Art Cashin reminds us of what tipped the world into the...
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