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The Northrup Flying Wing promised a luxurious experience for the air traveler of tomorrow
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A new series brings high-end style to vintage wear
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As we move closer to the Jetsonian vision of choosing outfits, privacy has gone out of fashion
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Even before there were armchairs, voracious bookworms traveled the world just by reading
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Modern headphones have their origin in opera houses, military bases and a kitchen table in Utah
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Did he, and other Vikings, really use a brutal method of ritual execution called the "blood eagle"?
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From toxins in textile dyes to torturous corsets, beauty has a long history of coming at a high cost
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eNewspapers were being developed as far back as the 1930s
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The rise and fall and rise of the traditional St. Patrick's Day meal
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The artists and animators working on "The Jetsons" were inspired by the futurist architecture popping up around Los Angeles
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Harry Selfridge, a London department store owner, may have opened the doors to more than just his retail store when he gave women a chance to power shop
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It's supposedly the 50th anniversary of the original design of the iconic image, but its history since then is surprisingly complex with millions of dollars at stake
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Isinglass, a gelatine collected from the air-bladders of freshwater fish like the sturgeon, is used in the clarification process of some stouts
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An American whaling ship brought together an oddball crew with a dangerous mission: freeing six Irishmen from a jail in western Australia
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The creation of DST is usually credited to George Vernon Hudson, but 100 years earlier, Benjamin Franklin pondered a similar question
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In 1820, one of Britain's most notorious criminals hatched a plan to rescue the emperor from exile on the Atlantic isle of St Helena -- but did he try it?
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Why Beethoven, Galileo, Napoleon and others never truly rested in peace
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It was a decade of Uggs and excess but also styles meant to further the greater good
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Visionary designers of the 19th century believed that the future of air travel depended on elaborate airships
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3D printing is a new technology that seems poised to change the world, but its origins date back all the way to the 15th century
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