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The Black Buffalo Soldiers Who Biked Across the American West
In 1897, the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps embarked on a 1,900-mile journey from Montana to Missouri
The Curious Case of Charles Osborne, Who Hiccupped for 68 Years Straight
A 1922 accident sparked the Iowa man’s intractable hiccups, which suddenly subsided in 1990
The Woman Who Fought to End the 'Pernicious' Scourge of Kissing
New understandings of how disease spread informed Imogene Rechtin's ill-fated 1910 campaign to ban a universal human practice
The Holocaust-Era Comic That Brought Americans Into the Nazi Gas Chambers
In early 1945, a six-panel comic in a U.S. pamphlet offered a visceral depiction of the Third Reich's killing machine
Twice Accused of Murder, This Writer Later Foresaw the Sinking of the Titanic
Under the pseudonym Mayn Clew Garnett, author Thornton Jenkins Hains published a maritime disaster story with eerie parallels to the real-life tragedy
Why So Many Superheroes Are Orphans
A new exhibition at London's Foundling Museum explores how growing up without birth parents shapes comic book characters
The Man Who Walked Around the World, Collecting the Autographs of the Rich and Famous
In the early 1900s, Joseph Mikulec traveled some 175,000 miles on foot, gathering 60,000 signatures in a leather-bound album that is now up for sale
A Century Before Wordle Went Viral, Crossword Mania Swept the Country
In the 1920s, puzzling inspired a Broadway musical, built a publishing house and counted the queen of England as a fan
This Small-Town Newspaper Is the Last of Its Kind
The "Saguache Crescent," a weekly in a Colorado hamlet, still prints on the 19th-century technology known as linotype
A Century Ago, American Reporters Foresaw the Rise of Authoritarianism in Europe
A new book tells the stories of four interwar writers who laid the groundwork for modern journalism
In 1919, a Mob in Maine Tarred and Feathered Two Black College Students
The brutal attack took place during the Red Summer, a nationwide wave of violence against Black Americans
When a Winter Storm Triggered One of the Deadliest Disasters in D.C. History
On January 28, 1922, the Knickerbocker Theatre's snow-covered roof collapsed, killing 98 people and injuring another 133
The Japanese WWII Soldier Who Refused to Surrender for 27 Years
Unable to bear the shame of being captured as a prisoner of war, Shoichi Yokoi hid in the jungles of Guam until January 1972
When Humane Societies Threw Christmas Parties for Horses
Held across the U.S. in the early 20th century, the events sought to raise awareness for poor living conditions and offer the animals a holiday respite
When Claims of 'Discoveries' in the Amazon Ring False
When news broke worldwide of an incredible find in Colombia, local experts and guides say their knowledge was misrepresented
The Enduring Mystery of H.H. Holmes, America's 'First' Serial Killer
The infamous "devil in the White City" remains mired in myth 125 years after his execution
How the Associated Press Got Its Start 175 Years Ago
A newsworthy birthday for a venerable source of trusted reporting
The Press Made the Polio Vaccine Trials Into a Public Spectacle
As a medical breakthrough unfolded in the early 1950s, newspapers filled pages with debates over vaccine science and anecdotes about kids receiving shots
New Project Reimagines the U.S.' First Antislavery Newspaper, the 'Emancipator'
A joint initiative from Boston University and the "Boston Globe" revamps a 19th-century abolitionist publication for 21st-century research about race
How Magazines Helped Shape American History
Explore 300 years of the periodical in an encyclopedic exhibition opening at the Grolier Club in New York City
