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Crafted from a meteorite fragment, Nazis may have taken this early Tibetan relic because it displayed a swastika
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War zones are dangerous places, for both people and cultural heritage
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From the archives of an Italian museum, researchers may have found the oldest dental filling
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Since before the Revolutionary War, America has struggled with low voter turnout
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The Internet Archive has collected ALL of the TV news from the past three years
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President Kennedy bolstered American support for his mission to the Moon with a speech at Rice University in 1962
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Texas' new highway will have a speed limit of 85 mph
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Silent Spring turns 50 this month, but Rachel Carson's ecological game-changer was not always the beloved green bible it is today
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Add Labor Day to the vaulted hall of things concocted by secret societies, alongside Madonna's Superbowl performance and Pancho Villa's stolen skull
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The recent Apple patent decision was a big one, but here are some historical patent wars you might not have heard of
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The race for the tallest structure in the world has been with us since humans built structures, and today it is going strong. But where's the limit?
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The number of people in slavery is estimated to be upwards of 27 million — 2x the number of slaves taken from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade
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Archaeologists are excavating hundreds of skeletons from the boggy swamps, and the remains belong to men who all sacrificed around the time of Christ
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The U.S. Census Bureau announced yesterday that our population has hit one of math's favorite landmarks
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Flooding fueled by heavy rains brought down a 36 meter long stretch of the Great Wall of China
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Unearthed from a site near modern day St. Louis, Missouri, archaeologists found tea residue in pottery beakers that dates back to as early as 1050 A.D.
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On a wooden raft two kittens (and three sailors) traveled from Canada to Cornwall
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This silent film footage was taken in 1909 by Thomas Edison at Mark Twain's estate
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In one click, the drifting lines and changing colors take you through 170 years of history.
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