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History & Innovations
Remarkable Events From Our Past
Ancient Inspirations
Before Rome, Before Egypt...There Was Sumer
Accidental Inventions
Who Invented Fireworks?
The Explosive Origins of a Global Tradition
Historic Firsts
A Forgotten Spark of the American Revolution
Cultural Traditions
America Declared Independence on July 2nd...
So Why Do We Celebrate the 4th?
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Politics
The Bar Tab That Made History: The Night Washington and His Friends Partied Hard
Roots & Origins
How Louisisan Was (Reluctantly) Populated
Roots & Origins
Your Great-Great-Great Grandmother Might've Been One
History
Poland's First Kings May Have Descended From...
Ancient Scottish Picts
Dark History
The Man Who Defied the Salem Witch Trials
Inventions
He Couldn't Read...Until He Created a Language
Syllables That Saved A Culture
Inventions
Television Was Invented Before Sliced Bread...
But Few People Knew It
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Inventions
The Unexpected Origin of the Treadmill
Once a Torture Device. Still Kind of Is.
Historic Firsts
The First Gold Rush Wasn't in California
The Shiny Doorstop that Started it All
Philosophers & Thinkers
The Very Strange Death of Pythagoras
His bizarre beliefs probably led to his demise
Behind the Smoke: How the Pope is Chosen
Inventions
Why Do We Say Mayday
In emergencies?
History
Victory Day - Observed in Europe on May 8th - The End of War War II
Victory declared...and the cost of silence.
Cultural Traditions
May Day Mischief:
When Weddings Were Temporary!
Inventions
How Could People See Before Eyeglasses?
A Blurry History
The Great Bunny Ambush
Napoleon's Strangest Defeat
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