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From Missouri to Oregon, highlights of the Oregon Trail traveled by some 400,000 settlers, miners, ranchers
Aboriginal Australian archaeology findings prompt rethinking of the “Out of Africa” theory
The Aztec macuahuitl, a sword with obsidian blades, was sharp enough to decapitate a horse
After Patricia Neal had a stroke, husband Roald Dahl helped with her therapy, and even invented a new language based on her words
The life of the knocker-upper: How “human alarms” made sure everyone was up for work
Why Do We Call It a 10-Gallon Hat – Here is the Answer
The USS Akron plunge into the ocean: an airship disaster worse than the Hindenburg tragedy
The truth behind “Roman Holiday” and its blacklisted screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, who wasn’t credited until years after his death
A breakthrough study suggests that rats weren’t to blame for the plague pandemic during the 14th century
Gail Borden’s breakthrough, life-saving invention of condensed milk was inspired by watching Shakers boil fruit
