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Mocked by their peers and kicked out of Harvard, the pioneering athletes were ahead of their time... and their competition in Athens
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The futurist design movement that divided critics and and swept the nation with space age coffee shops
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Before the burning of the White House, the First Lady saved some red draperies. Could she have made a dress from them?
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Historian Erik Rutkow argues in a new book that forests are key to understanding how our nation developed and who we are today
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Anthem For America Music Guide
Was the national anthem really set to the melody of a drinking tune? Take a closer look at the original manuscript of Francis Scott Key's song
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The German chemist helped feed the world. Then he developed the first chemical weapons used in battle
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As cars got larger in the 1920s, the "Helicar" was presented as the solution to congested city streets
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What is there to remember about the battles long relegated to footnote status? More than you might think!
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Remember the Raisin? You probably don't
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Today's special: Our first annual food issue
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Flying aboard aircraft? Just a passing fad
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Before it became known as the "idiot box," television was seen as the best hope for bringing enlightenment to the American people
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Americans in the 1940s had wondrous expectations about the post-war world. Meet one author who advised them to curb their enthusiasm
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British officials were alarmed at the rapid distribution of mysterious Indian breads across much of the Raj
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Four "scientific" tests to determine whether your marriage will succeed or fail
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Why did the country really go to war against the British? Which American icon came out of the forgotten war?
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Was LSD the Soviet Union's secret weapon?
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Captain Lawrence Oates wrote that if Robert Scott's team didn't win the race to the South Pole, "we shall come home with our tails between our legs"
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College graduates take note: Your dream career as a robot psychologist or nasal technologist is just around the corner
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