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How old were famous Revolutionary War figures on July 4, 1776?
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An incredibly well-preserved 26-by-8-feet frieze may shed light on Mayan political history around AD 590
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
The U.S. National Institutes of Health created an agreement with the Lacks family regarding access to the HeLa genome
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The story of the game is a bit more delicious than just an insane beat down. It involves revenge, baseball, clerical errors and thousands of dollars
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Undelivered speeches give a glimpse into alternate realities that never came to pass
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The only marker on the coffin lid is a cross, but the person must have been of high social status to warrant such an elaborate burial
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During this period in history, the Canadian government strongly promoted a reeducation program of sorts for indigenous children
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A Google Earth add-on helps you understand the strength of the world's nuclear arsenal
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A large, fortified building was found outside Jerusalem. Some archaeologists claim it to be the palace of the biblical King David
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The young woman was either poisoned or strangled with a cord, then dumped into a pit
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Thousands crammed into India's telegram offices on Sunday as the 163 year old service shuts down for good
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Replacing racially charged and aggressive World War II imagery, Smokey the Bear is an iconic character
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The first recruit to the Women in the Air Force (known as WAF) was Esther Blake who enlisted on the first day it was even possible for women to do so
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Though Engelbart revolutionized computing in 1967 with the invention of the mouse, he never received any royalties from his creation
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The advent of open fire cooking began with Homo erectus
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Three hundred and fifteen years ago today James Savery's patented the steam engine
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Polish archaeologist Milosz Giersz was terrified that looters would make their way to the site, so he and his colleagues excavated the site in secrecy
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Libya’s civil war might be over, but the aftershocks of the revolution are still reverberating through the country
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For as long as anyone can remember, the safe box - marked simply "Woman Suffrage Party" has sat in the council's New York City office
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Dogs and cats have been with us for centuries, and so has our habit of giving them affectionate names
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