Maurice Duplessis, 'Le Chef' of Quebec, Pt. 2
While Duplessis had ingratiated himself to voters as a man of the people, he was not exactly...
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Pt. 1
Anyone who has ever heard about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States is sure to know...
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History is written by the victors. But one big exception to that conventional wisdom is the...
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Embalming and Mummification Rituals of Ancient Egypt
So how did Ancient Egyptians actually embalm their dead? Thanks in large part to Herodotus and...
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During the terrible winter of 1880 and 1881, which was immortalized in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s...
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Why did lions in the Tsavo region start to attack humans in the first place? Modern behavioral...
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The Axman of New Orleans, Part 2
The second half of the Axman story involves his famous letter to the New Orleans Times-Picayune...
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The Axman of New Orleans, Part 1
In 1918 and 1919, a rash of attacks had all of New Orleans on edge. While the Axman has turned up...
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Improbably Effective Holocaust Rescuers
There are many amazing, heroic stories of people who risked everything to protect Jews and other...
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In addition to being a poet, Audre was a teacher, speaker, wife and mother, and become an...
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Was there a real Sweeney Todd?
Sweeney Todd is a well-known fictional character, a murderous barber who colludes with a cook to...
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Jane Addams was one of the foremost women in America’s Progressive Era. She co founded the social...
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Sir Joseph Paxton was a 19th-century botanist who became instantly famous for the hall he...
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There is actually some disagreement about the actual origin point of ice cream, but almost...
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Pluto: The Demoted Dwarf Planet
It was the only planet to have been discovered by an American, but it's no longer classified as a...
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George Aiston: Outback Entrepreneur
A member of the South Australian Mounted Police, George "Poddy" Aiston was a friend to and...
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Felicia the ferret, who helped Fermilab in the early '70s, has been popping up in online stories...
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Robin Hood-style characters have been showing up in literature since the 14th century. Historians...
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"It was a culture clash of epic proportions. The Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising,...
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On May 1, 2013, forensic evidence confirmed what survivors had reported: Colonists at Jamestown...
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