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The infamous "Cabaret Law" is rooted in racism
The crowd-sourcing effort is the first project in a new digital workspace that aims to make the Library of Congress' vast resources more accessible
Unlike foods that came before it, ice cream in a cone could be eaten on the go–without a spoon
Since 2015, the Maritime Archaeological Project expedition has uncovered 60 wrecks, covering 2,500 years of maritime history
Residue from 1,000-year-old pots suggests people in Patagonia were fermenting beverages with lager yeast well before the Bavarians
This dark event remains the largest civil insurrection—the Civil War itself aside—in American history
'Where's Waldo' was first published on this day in 1987
The dragon Smaug--who debuted in <I>The Hobbit</I> in 1937, was inspired by his early reading of mythology
The remains were found inside a grave at a religious retreat once occupied by monks
It's possible that 23 bodies remain inside the main cabin of the submarine, which likely hit a mine
Sinclair was as famous in his day as any movie-star candidate who came later
The trove of cool artifacts comes from the world's largest private collection of spycraft
Elizabeth Stern played a vital role in cervical cancer testing and treatment
In 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov kept his cool and reported a U.S. missile strike as a false alarm, preventing a massive counterstrike
The first female opera composer, Caccini worked for the super-rich-and-powerful Medici family
Gold miners were heard in a bar talking about killing 10 indigenous people in the remote Javari Valley
The Petersen House, across the street from Ford's Theatre, will undergo preservation work to keep it as a museum of the president's final moments
An ancient text called the Bakhshali manuscript has bumped zero’s origin story back by 500 years
The newly discovered artifacts are the latest discovery at Vindolanda, once a remote outpost of the Roman empire
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