Used to stabilize swampy pathways, corduroy roads are among the earliest types of manufactured thoroughfares
Its fermentation pool could hold 6,500 liters of the good stuff
Hundreds of examples of art dating back centuries were found by rangers while they were conducting burn offs
A archaeological excavation in Burghead Fort has uncovered a longhouse from the Picts, a late Iron Age and early Medieval powerhouse
During this week in 1943, a 26-year-old Kennedy and his crew were marooned on a deserted island and then rescued thanks to two daring men
America’s founders agreed that the census was important, but it wasn’t long
The Tower Subway tunnel was only seven feet in diameter
It's the first time the younger generations have beat out Baby Boomers, Silent Generation voters and Greatest Generation voters
Asking 'Hitler--how could it happen,' the exhibit warns the dangers of dictatorship
The inventor of the World Wide Web had a few different name ideas
Georg Tauber’s paintings detail medical experiments, beatings and eventual liberation
After a botched salvage effort last year, the artifact used to communicate with the engine room has now been brought to the surface
The five-inch model was created by Cartier as tribute from French newspaper readers to the Apollo 11 astronaut
Researchers are finding animal DNA in the parchment pages as well as genetic fingerprints from humans (like kissing priests)
Daniel Defoe honed his pen on political writing before he came to the novel
Gunpowder, fertilizer, soap, candles and flour were all important to Americans
The rum ration existed until 1970
The dig hopes to find conclusive evidence that Kalkriese is the site of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest
Billy Wilkerson's complicated legacy has only been recently discussed by the magazine he founded
These segregated regiments offered black soldiers a chance to fight for their rights
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