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Anna May Wong in an undated image.

Happy Birthday to Hollywood’s First Chinese-American Star

She was a leading lady, but racism held her career back

Scanned collage (1919) by Hans Arp

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One of the World’s Largest Dada Collections Can Now Be Viewed Online

The freewheeling art movement didn’t lend itself to posterity

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France Says "Au Revoir" to After-Hours Work Email

A new "right to disconnect" law lets employees negotiate communication rules in order to reduce stress and exhaustion from work

The first-known photograph of the White House, by John Plumbe, Jr.

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The First-Known Photograph of the White House Was Taken by an Immigrant

John Plumbe, Jr. was one of America’s first rockstar photographers

President Franklin D. Roosevelt exits a car during a campaign stop in California. Roosevelt was the first U.S. president with a visible disability, caused by polio.

People Mailed Dimes 'By The Truck Load' to FDR's White House to Cure Polio

He was America’s first and only president with a visible—and known—disability

After a 2011 version of this statue was installed outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul, they began to pop up around the world.

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"Comfort Woman" Statue Stokes Old Tensions Between Japan and South Korea

She’s a silent reminder of the plight of hundreds of thousands of women forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II

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Why Michigan Banned Banning Plastic Bags

A new state law prevents cities and counties from restricting use of plastic bags or disposable cups and utensils

Nixon campaigning during the 1968 election

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Notes Indicate Nixon Interfered With 1968 Peace Talks

Documents from aide seem to confirm long-time speculation that Nixon tried to scuttle a Vietnam peace deal to help his presidential campaign

Cherry-Garrard during the Scott expedition

This Catastrophic Polar Journey Resulted in One of the Best Adventure Books Ever Written

Apsley Cherry-Garrard's travel memoir is still the one to beat, and not only because it features penguins

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Poland Gets a da Vinci at a Big Discount

The world famous Princes Czartoryski Foundation was recently acquired by the Polish government for a fraction of its value

This untitled painting by Willem De Kooning was created in the 1950s, decades before the artist was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

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Scientists Spot Cognitive Decline in Famous Artists’ Brushstrokes

Could paintings hold clues to Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases?

Isaac Asimov at age 70.

If Isaac Asimov Had Named The Smartphone, He Might Have Called It The “Pocket Computer Mark II”

The sci-fi author correctly predicted a number of innovations that have come to pass

Thatcher visits with President Bush in Aspen, Colorado in 1990 during a diplomatic reception. News of her resignation lit up diplomatic channels around the world.

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The World Finally Knows How Leaders Reacted to Margaret Thatcher’s Resignation

The Iron Lady glistens in newly released papers about her last years as Prime Minister

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková as seen in October 2011

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Fireworks Not Your Thing? Then Look Out For a Comet on New Year’s Eve

With a telescope in hand, you can watch a comet zoom past the Earth tomorrow night

Yosemite National Park

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The Year in National Parks

From people stealing baby bison and Yosemite trademarks to epic blooms in Death Valley, 2016 has been an eventful centennial year for the NPS

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China Has Banned the Ivory Trade

By the end of 2017, the world’s largest ivory market will be closed

Pan Pan sired around 25 percent of all pandas in captivity.

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Goodbye, Pan Pan: World’s Oldest Male Panda Dies

He was a prolific panda papa

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We Will Have to Endure 2016 One Second Longer Than an Average Year

It’s not giving up the ghost quite yet

An unidentified Hanna-Barbera Productions painter works on an animation cel of Fred Flintstone. THE FLINTSTONES and all related characters and elements © & ™ Hanna-Barbera. (s16)

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Meet the Men Behind Saturday Morning's Most Memorable Cartoons

Zoinks! Hanna-Barbera once dominated kids’ Saturday schedules

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Artist Geocaches His Work Throughout Central Park

Brad Troemel's Freecaching is a tongue-in-cheek response to New York's high rent and a new way to "store" artwork

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