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What the Earliest Super Bowl Commercials Tell Us About the Super Bowl
The inaugural title game in 1967 would not have been getting kudos from the media for representing women
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Canada Archives Acquire Book That Would Have Guided North American Holocaust
The report details the population and organizations of Jewish citizens across the U.S. and Canada
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How CIA-Backed Spies Detected Soviet Nukes First During Cuban Missile Crisis
A report from Yahoo News lays out how a network of agents detected Soviet operations on the island before a U-2 spy plane snapped the famous photos
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Seventy-Five Years Ago, the Television Musical Made Its Debut
“RENT: Live” meet “The Boys from Boise”
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Contests around the country judged infants like they would livestock as a motivator for parents to take better care of their children
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How Scientific Chance and a Little Luck Helped Usher in the Nuclear Age
Accidental experiments and chance encounters helped Enrico Fermi produce the first nuclear reactor
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Remembering “Godmother of Title IX” Bernice Sandler
Sandler, often known as “Bunny,” played an important role in creating the landmark legislation
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The Rise and Fall of the Sleeping Car King
George Pullman’s unbending business acumen made him a mogul, but also inspired the greatest labor uprising of the 19th century
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Why We Need to Keep Searching for Lost Silent Films
Early motion pictures give us an important window into our collective past
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In Land of Lincoln, Long-Buried Traces of a Race Riot Come to the Surface
Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of five houses that lay witness to the tragedy that set Springfield, Illinois, on fire in 1908
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Telling the History of the U.S. Through Its Territories
In “How to Hide an Empire,” Daniel Immerwahr explores America far beyond the borders of the Lower 48
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Why Are Starfish Shaped Like Stars and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
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One Last Time, Read Our ‘Timeless’ Deep Dive Into What the Beloved TV Show Got Right and Wrong
“Timeless”’s finale teaches us how to say goodbye to the intrepid, time-traveling crew
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Columnist David Brooks interviews the political historian about what we can learn from negative political engagement in our country’s history
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A Civil War Cartoonist Created the Modern Image of Santa Claus as Union Propaganda
Thomas Nast is legendary for his political cartoons, but he’s also responsible for the jolly St. Nick we know today
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We Finally Know What Sank the U.S.S. San Diego During World War I
After six visits to the ship and sophisticated modeling, historians have concluded that a German mine sunk the cruiser off the coast of New York in 1918
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How the First Popular Video Game Kicked Off Generations of Virtual Adventure
A simple contest of sci-fi strategy, ‘Spacewar!’ ushered in what is now a 140 billion dollar industry
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Forty Years Ago, 12.6 Million Feet of History Went Up in Smoke
Remembering the fire at a National Archives film vault that destroyed years worth of flammable nitrate film newsreels
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Smithsonian.com’s Chief Digital Officer Shares His Favorite Books of the Year
Our own William Allman describes the 2018 titles he found to be the most enjoyable and eye-opening reads
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Newly Discovered Artifacts Reignite Feud Over Which Town Is Connecticut’s Oldest
Wethersfield and Windsor both date back to the early 17th century, but which came first is a matter of debate
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