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(via Mental Floss)  On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks made her historic civil rights stand by refusing to give up

(via Atlas Obscura) Twenty-five travelers departed for the Arctic. Six made it home.

(via Mental Floss) There’s more to creating a successful company than simply coming up with a catchy name. While brand names

(via Mental Floss) Steve Martin and John Candy starred in the holiday movie classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles, writer/director John

(via Atlas Obscura) For decades, often using a fake identity, he stole antique maps worth thousands of dollars each.

(via Listverse) Just kidding. Obviously, there is a lot more to countries around the world other than their landmarks, but

(via Smithsonian) For nearly 200 years after the founding of New York, the city struggled to establish a clean source

(via Mental Floss) Familiarize yourself with legal procedure, and these facts about My Cousin Vinny—the classic 1992 comedy in which

(via Smithsonian) From deep cleaning to painstaking repairs, caring for Smithsonian’s 155 million objects requires serious TLC—and steady hands

(via Mental Floss) In the last several decades, conservation organizations have successfully brought wild turkeys back from the brink of

(via Smithsonian) At home with their collectibles, many people are expanding, shrinking or reorganizing their treasure troves