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Monticello research historian Leni Sorensen offers an impression of what life was like for these early White House chefs
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In the late 1960s, a gorgeous stretch of beach in Ha’ena State Park was the site of a hippy haven called Taylor Camp
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This week at the Smithsonian, debate the merits of contemporary art, craft your own stationery, and learn more about the Battle of Shiloh
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Today at the Folklife Festival: laugh therapy, hunting for chocolate and African Heritage Dancers & Drummers
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Today at the Folklife Festival: Grant Wood's murals, historical cabins and cooking with honey
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A system developed by engineers in India automatically detects when a driver's phone is in use and uses low-range mobile jammer to prevent calls and texts
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A rare footprint places a strange group of dinosaurs in Cretaceous Alaska
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Archaeologists working in northern Germany may have found one of the most important cities in Viking history—Sliasthorp, where once sat Scandanavian kings
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The Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado was the most destructive in the state's history
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“Six Degrees of Peggy Bacon” shows how one relatively unknown but well-connected artist was linked to many of art and society’s most influential people
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Today at the Folklife Festival: John Philip Sousa's legacy, line dancing and stained glass crafts
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In a new study, evolutionary biologist Sergey Gavrilets makes a fascinating claim for how monogamy took root several million years ago
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A piece of history on the Pacific Coast was almost lost to budget cuts, until a Russian billionaire stepped in to save the endangered state park
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Where to see the greatest trees in the world
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The two-piece bathing suit got skimpier and more scandalous in 1946 Paris
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This weekend, become a constellation, make your own Silk Road mirror and enjoy the Classical stylings of pianist James D'León
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