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In 1912, the French chocolate company Lombart printed a series of six collectible cards envisioning daily life one hundred years in the future
Radebaugh's vision of a road-creating machine may not have been a figment of just his imagination- a Disney-produced television program had a similar idea
At the height of the sailing era, four of the world's fastest clippers raced home with the season's precious early cargo of tea
Jack Dempsey boasted he could tear apart a robot opponent "bolt by bolt and scatter its brain wheels and cogs all over the canvas"
As a young man, Paul Morphy vanquished eight opponents simultaneously while effectively blindfolded
Longfellow made the patriot’s ride to Lexington legendary, but the story of Revere’s earlier trip to Portsmouth deserves to be retold as well
Historian Amanda Foreman discusses how British citizens took part in the war between the Union and the Confederacy
The Republican senator and 1964 presidential candidate predicted the growth of the Sun Belt and envisioned an open border with Mexico
She was young, married and a mother. But after her husband died in battle against the Nazis, she became a secret agent for the British
In the 1950s, some U.S. scientists warned that, without immediate action, the Soviet Union would control the earth's thermometers
For six years, an elderly tramp toured the U.S., paying those who helped him with checks for sums of up to $900,000
Seventy years after the day that lives on in infamy, the soldiers stationed at Pearl Harbor recall their experiences
Newly unearthed documents shed light on claims that the famous criminal attorney bribed a juror
The explorer of Dr. Livingstone-fame provides a classic character study of how willpower works
President Lincoln addresses the State of the Union and grows impatient with General McClellan
Winfrey steps aside after a decade, Caruso steps in
Forget “Dixie,” it was one New Yorker’s “Home Sweet Home” that was the song most beloved by Union and Confederate soldiers
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