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The only surviving piece of jewelry associated with Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon is now in the museum's permanent collection after a months-long fundraising campaign
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Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. In There’s More to That, meet the magazine’s journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time.
February 12, 2026 | 28 minutes
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These oft-anonymous messages took aim at pretentious poets, unhelpful salespeople, suffragists and secessionists alike
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Since their domestication, horses have changed the course of human history. It’s no wonder the Chinese zodiac associates them with prosperity and success
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Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people”
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The product, launched in 1963, became a staple in American households
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