Market in Hanoi, Vietnam

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Conflicts Around the World Are Creating Shortages in the U.S.—And Not Just of Limes

While American consumers are freaking out about lime and pepper shortages, Ukraine has to worry about its wheat crop

President James A. Garfield

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Spoons Stolen from President Garfield’s Tomb

Something’s rotten in Cleveland

Christopher Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria, and his companion ships Pinta and the Nina approaching land. Undated Woodcut.

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Wreckage of Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria Found off Haitian Coast (Maybe)

The Santa Maria ran aground off Haiti in 1492

Berlin Children Cheering Airlift Plane

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65 Years Ago Today, the Soviet Blockade of Berlin Ended

The first real showdown between the Soviet Union and the West ended 65 years ago today

Gino Bartali

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This Italian Cyclist Defied Fascists and Saved Lives

The world didn’t learn about the heroism of Gino Bartali during WWII until after he died in 2000

A small ivory statuette previously found in a different tomb in Hierakonpolis. The Daily Mail has photos of objects found at the new site.

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Archaeologists Just Found a 5,600-Year-Old Pre-Dynastic Egyptian Tomb

This newly discovered Egyptian tomb is even older than hierogylphs

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Someone Had to Build the Terracotta Army—Archaeologists Just Found Their Humbler Grave Sites

Forty-five grave sites were found only kilometers from the emperor’s tomb

Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken by Josse Lieferinxe

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The Black Death Actually Improved Public Health

Analysis of skeletons from before and after the height of the epidemic yields surprising results

Far View House, Mesa Verde

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This “Lake” at Mesa Verde Is Actually a Ceremonial Structure

The old theory, that it was a reservoir, didn’t hold water

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The Area Around Stonehenge Has Been Inhabited for More Than 10,000 Years

That makes this area the oldest inhabited place in England

The Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza (Egypt). Ca. 1845. Lithography by David Roberts.

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A Simple Trick May Have Helped the Egyptians Build the Pyramids

No ancient aliens needed: A little bit of water reduces friction when dragging a sled over sand

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These Cold War Satellite Images Revealed 10,000 Undiscovered Archaeological Sites

Images of the Middle East from the 1960s showed thousands of archaeological sites—some of which have already been destroyed

Monument to Cervantes in Madrid

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Spain Begins to Search for Cervantes’ Bones

Experts use ground-penetrating radar to search for the author’s bones

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Women Fought in the Civil War Disguised As Men (And So Do Today’s Re-enactors)

Some women dressed up as their husbands, or even fought alongside them

Part of the centuries old depiction from the Japanese art scroll He-Gassen

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Anthropologists Are Afraid to Ask About Farting

Why are farts so universally reviled?

Sewer cover in Los Angeles

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L.A. Needs Water, And for a Century, the “Mother Ditch” Supplied It

Built in 1781, the “Mother Ditch” supplied water to the early city

Everything at This 4,500-Year-Old Site Was Removed—And Then Reburied

An unprecedented trove of artifacts and burials found at a development site were recently removed and reburied

Charles Dodgson

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Lewis Carroll Hated Fame So Much He Almost Wished He’d Never Written His Books

At least, that’s what he said in a letter, now in the University of Southern California library

Discovery Hut

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Preserving Antarctic History Means Chipping Out Tons of Ice From Between Floorboards

Built by Robert Falcon Scott, Discovery Hut is one of several historic structures being preserved in Antarctica

Wheelie

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The Wheelie Was Invented in 1890

A stunt bicyclist named Daniel Canary claims to be the first person to master the trick

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