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In the 1980s and 90s, there we some really cheesy depictions of ordering food online
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Ida Wood, who lived for decades as a recluse in a New York City hotel, would have taken her secrets to the grave—if here sister hadn't gotten there first
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In 1970, the civil rights activist shared his prescient optimism about the future of race relations in the United States
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Ten quirky moments from inaugural history, including presidential lassoing
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Another inauguration, another opportunity to learn more about the men whose presence shocked the country
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With the help of his friend Mark Twain, Grant finished his memoirs—and saved his wife from an impoverished widowhood—just days before he died
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A woebegone tribute to the ending of an era
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What delicacies and confectionaries were found on the 250-foot-long buffet table?
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The museum director and former film studies professor examines Quentin Tarantino's take on slavery
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Living paycheck to paycheck in the techno-utopian future
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Decades before the debut of the Consumer Electronics Show, early adopters flocked to extravagant high-tech fairs in New York and Chicago
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When the President signed the fiscal cliff deal from 4,800 miles away, he did it with the help of a device that dates back to Thomas Jefferson
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The minister of armaments was happy to tell his captors about the war machine he had built. But it was a different story when he was asked about the Holocaust
How did the tabletop game get from parlor halls in 19th century Europe to the basements of American homes?
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Ancient Roman pills, preserved in sealed tin containers on the seafloor, may have been used as eye medicine
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How did the tabletop game get from parlor halls in 19th-century Europe to the basements of American homes?
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Ever since they became a part of the city’s transit system, they have been iconic mainstays of its cityscape
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Medical diagnostics in the paleofuture
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Does the evidence against these 44 slaves really stack up?
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