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The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson
A new portrait of the founding father challenges the long-held perception of Thomas Jefferson as a benevolent slaveholder.
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How Apple got serious about style
'Design Forward,' a book debuting in the U.S. today, reveals Frog Design founder Hartmut Esslinger's challenges helping to transform Apple product design in the 1980s and beyond.
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Quite Likely the Worst Job Ever
The remarkable work of a pioneering British journalist provides us with a window into the lives of the men who made their living from combing for treasures in London's sewers Share/Bookmark.
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The Epic, Surprisingly Sexist Fight That Brought the Minimum Wage to America
Guaranteeing workers 25 cents an hour took two decades, a public scandalized by prostitution, a states'-rights rebellion, a Great Depression, a Supreme Court battle, and a lot of patriarchy.
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How Nicolaus Copernicus rewrote the rules of the solar system
The Google homepage today depicts seven metal planets rotating around a painted sun – an homage to the pioneering Renaissance-era astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. So who was Copernicus, exactly?
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20 Cereals From 1980′s You Will Never Taste Again
From the movie tie-ins, to lure of toys and video games right down to the fluro artwork and brightly colour fonts, having a bowl of sugary cereal wasn’t just a snack in the 80′s, it was an experience. But trends and fads come and go and thus, these classic boxes, limited edition de
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When Prostitution Wasn't a Crime: The Fascinating History of Sex Work in America
From the Louisiana colony to the California Gold Rush, prostitutes were some of the first women in early American settlements.
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WWII Nazi Bunkers Stand the Tests of Time, Vandalism and Livestock
Hitler knew the Allied invasion on the Atlantic coast would come eventually, so all along the western edge of Europe — from Spain to Scandanavia — he built a series of fortifications called the Atlantic Wall. In addition to minefields, workers were ordered to build a series of massive concrete bunkers designed to house troops and guns. Decades later, a group of those structures still exist.
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A Mapped History of Taking a Train Across the United States
The first steam engine railway travel took place 209 years ago today. Here, the story of how the Civil War impeded, and then accelerated, the progress of America's trains.
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The Germans who tried to topple Hitler
Seventy years ago today, three German students were executed in Munich for leading a resistance movement against Hitler. Since then, the members of the White Rose group have become German national heroes - Lilo Furst-Ramdohr was one of them.
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The True Story of History's Only Known Meteorite Victim
The Russian meteorite isn't the first to impact people. Ann Hodges is the only confirmed person in history to have been hit by a meteorite.
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Briton finds 500-year-old arrest warrant for Machiavelli
A British academic has stumbled upon a 500-year-old "most wanted" notice for the arrest of Niccolo Machiavelli, the infamous Renaissance political operator who wrote The Prince.
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Photo Interactive: The Civil War, Now in Living Color
How one author adds actual blues and grays to historic photographs
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A Series Of 1960′s Vintage Ads Amusingly Photoshopped
You can tell French illustrator and street artist Sebastian Bertoa has a cheeky sense of humour within 10 seconds of looking at his work. He’s taken a collection of vintage ads from the 60′s and included “some personal additions” .
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6 Non-Actors Who Won Oscars for Their Acting
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been annually awarding Oscars to Best Actor and Best Actress since 1928, and has bestowed additional awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress since 1936.
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Django Unchained’s Bloody Real History in Mississippi
Is 'Django Unchained' outlandish history? Historian Adam Rothman says two books show that antebellum Mississippi was indeed bizarre.
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Ancient Chompers Were Healthier Than Ours
By examining ancient dental plaque, researchers have concluded that prehistoric humans' diets made for healthier mouths. The addition of flour and sugar to modern diets may have set the stage for a near-constant state of oral disease.
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The Hidden History of Waterboarding
Americans used the technique for decades. Only recently did we stop calling it torture.
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4chan votes for Hitler as the smartest person in history
4chan's latest play at rigging an online poll has a genocidal dictatator topping the list of history's smartest figures.
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“Al Qaeda”: What’s in a Name?
In the summer of 1988, in the University Town neighborhood of Peshawar, Pakistan, Osama bin Laden founded Al Qaeda, which means “the Base,” in Arabic. As a calling card for terror or revolution, the name lacked pizzazz.
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