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Of all the strange baseball exploits of the Depression era, none was more surprising than Jackie Mitchell’s supposed feat
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Who was “Monseiur Leborgne”?
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The development of the baseball, from shoe rubber and lemon peels to today's minimalist, modernist object
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New technology has given us the chance to re-examine how the Civil War battle was won and lost
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A tribesman who led a doomed revolt against Japan in 1669 still inspires new generations of Ainu nationalists
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Fifty years ago, still spooked by the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. and Soviet Union built a hotline. But it wasn’t a phone
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How the fruit got a bad rap from the beginning
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Aimee Semple McPherson was an American phenomenon even before she went missing for five weeks in 1926.
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Not even a murder trial and the unmasking of her fake pregnancy stopped Emma Cunningham's search for love and legitimacy
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A trove of documents, buttons and other memorable tokens carry the memory of the most historic day in the civil rights movement
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150 years after the battle, the Battle of Gettysburg still looms large over the American imagination
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How founder and CEO Curt Jones is trying to keep the tiny ice cream beads from becoming a thing of the past
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The classic dish can be found in red-and-white tablecloth spots across the United States, but there's a fascinating history behind where it got its start
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A 1920s French tennis star put the little reptilian logo onto a white polo shirt
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Space-age spaghetti and meatballs, along with other tastes of home, gave Apollo astronaut crews a boost
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The long-reigning king of Egyptian antiquities has been forced into exile—but he’s plotting a return
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How did this myth about the Spanish explorer even get its start?
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Our intrepid blogger bids farewell
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The story behind the super sized soda cup in 7-Eleven stores and how it changed soft drinks forever.
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An 1864 case that ended with the execution of eight Haitians for child murder and cannibalism has helped define attitudes toward the nation and the religion ever since
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