Sears sweater models...or government agents?

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In Vietnam, the C.I.A. Paid Spies With Stuff From Sears

Nothing says “clandestine espionage” like a mail-order catalog

The dining room on the Titanic

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A Lunch Menu From the Titanic Just Sold for $88,000

The “unsinkable” ship served corned beef, mutton chops and custard pudding

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The Card Catalog Is Officially Dead

Long live the card catalog

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It Will Take Nine Years to Clean the Taj Majal

“Mudpack therapy” will help the iconic monument clean up its act

A newspaper report of Leoti Blaker, who stabbed a man with a hatpin when he would not leave her alone.

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American Women in the 1900s Called Street Harassers ‘Mashers’ and Stabbed Them With Hatpins

These are the turn-of-the-century women who fought back when men tried to grab them

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The Nazis Wanted to Beat the British With Exploding Chocolate Bars

Sweet, but scary

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Americans Used to Eat Four Meals a Day

Rest in peace, “second supper”

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Volunteers are Struggling to Maintain New Orleans’ Iconic Tombs

Many cemetery vaults are crumbling due to weather, vandalism and disrepair

A statue of goddess Durga in Kolkata — India was the location of the first recorded nose job

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The Nose Job Dates Back to the 6th Century B.C.

But for a long time, the nose was built up instead of shaved down

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Early Australians May Have Lived With Giant Lizards

Researchers discover early Australians shared the continent with enormous lizards

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Scientists Discover 9,000-Year-Old Case of Decapitation in the Americas

Off with their head and hands

Stonehenge after the 2008 restoration

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A Man Once Bought Stonehenge for his Wife, and She Was not Pleased

Or at least, so the story goes of a British barrister’s decision to purchase the neolithic site for the equivalent of about $1 million

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A Letter About Darwin’s Belief in God Just Sold for Nearly $200,000

Just 41 words long, it provides a missing link for historians who have long wondered what the naturalist thought about religion

Brooke Shields filming a shampoo commercial

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How to Pose Like a 1980s Model

A collection of clips from real videos proves to be silly — and not just due to the fashion of the 1980s

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A Brief History of Awareness Ribbons

Emmy Awards attendees sported green ribbons this year. But can ribbons really affect climate change?

An ancient Hittite carving

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Archaeologists Recreate 4,000-Year-Old Hittite Feast to Better Understand Their History

The chef crushed buckwheat on stones and used no kitchenware other than a knife

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A Brief History of the Popemobile

From sedan chair to Mercedes-Benz

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Colorado Once Lost Pikes Peak to Texas in a Bet

A friendly wager raised the stakes to a whole new elevation.

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Meet the Bear Who Earned the Rank of Corporal in the Polish Army

He had a penchant for cigarettes, booze and arm wrestling

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Here’s How a Crew Survived an 1813 Shipwreck

The Neva’s remaining crew managed to live an entire month in an Alaskan winter with just the wreckage of their ship

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