American History
All Those Pink Products Make Women Take Breast Cancer Less Seriously
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, which means that everywhere you go things are painted pink - which might be a bad thing
Watch Kids From 1962 Try to Build a Flying Bicycle
What kid hasn't wanted to make their bicycle fly?
Oxford University Is Older Than the Aztecs
The historical timeline you keep in your head is all messed up
America’s Chinatowns Are Disappearing
For many, Chinatowns are an attraction to a city - and many cities boast about their robust cultural neighborhoods
The Earliest Libraries-on-Wheels Looked Way Cooler Than Today’s Bookmobiles
These traveling libraries used to travel around bringing books to the people
Watch How Money Is Made With LeVar Burton
How is our money made? It's an often answered question, but here is LeVar Burton, of Reading Rainbow fame, answering it
You Can, You Will, You MUST See This Poster at American History (as soon as it reopens)
The museum presents one of the war's most popular billboard designs in a new installation
Music Does Get Louder Every Year
Yes, grandma, the music is louder than it was when you were a kid
Computer Programming Used To Be Women’s Work
Computer programmers are expected to be male and antisocial - an self-fulfilling prophecy that forgets the women that the entire field was built upon
During Prohibition, Your Doctor Could Write You a Prescription for Booze
Take two shots of whiskey and call me in the morning
We Can Guess What Holden Caulfield’s Reaction to the New Salinger Documentary Would Be: LMAO
Caulfield was one of the first to employ the phrase LMAO
Before JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald Tried to Kill an Army Major General
Seven months before he shot President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald tried to kill Major General Edwin Walker
Why Was Benjamin Franklin’s Basement Filled With Skeletons?
Repairs on Franklin's old London house turned up 1,200 pieces of bone from at least 15 people
Occupy Wall Street Has Spawned a Financial Services Group
People affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement want to open an Occupy-branded bank
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From the Editor
Will the Real Abraham Lincoln Please Stand Up?
A former Disney animator makes a provocative discovery by studying photos taken during the Gettysburg Address
Inside America’s Great Romance With Norman Rockwell
A new biography of the artist reveals the complex inner life of our greatest and most controversial illustrator
What Does the Zapruder Film Really Tell Us?
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris deconstructs the most famous 26 seconds in film history
When the FBI Spent Decades Hunting for a Soviet Spy on Its Staff
A tip provided by a double-agent for the KGB set off one of the most self-destructive mole hunts in FBI history
How the Flag Came to be Called Old Glory
New research may settle a family feud over the origins of an American icon
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