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The Titanic and the elusive nature of perception
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The massacre almost brought the United States to war against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but only one man was brought to trial: John D
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The man who brought The King to global fame kept his own past secret. But what exactly was Tom Parker hiding?
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Kids predict the darndest things
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The deadliest disaster in New York before 9/11 killed many women and children and ultimately erased a German community from the map of Manhattan
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The descendants of American presidents are the athletic trainers, lawyers, salesmen and executives of everyday life
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Newlyweds who didn't want to visit the cliched destination of the time, Niagara Falls, dreamt of one day spending their first days as a couple on the moon
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The officer who gained glory as a warrior in the Civil War also had a domestic side.
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Thankfully, this Super Bowl spectacle never had a wardrobe malfunction
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Chronicling passions that change the world, for good and ill
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When Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus met President Kennedy in 1962, JFK told him, "The only science I ever learned was from your comic strip."
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Meet the 1920 radio enthusiast who had the foresight to invent the annoying habit of talking on the phone while in the car
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A collection of historic front pages shows how civilians experienced and read about the war
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Science-fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback predicted that, as long as police officers were stuck on terra firma, criminals always would have the edge
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The Puritan minister originated a principle that remains contentious to this day—separation of church and state
Whether as a tourist, an outcast or a pilgrim, traveling is discovering
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Coya Knutson won a seat in the U.S. House in 1954 but was undone by a secret she brought to Washington
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