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The Huron King Nuclear Test

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(via Amusing Planet) The Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles northwest of the city of Las

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(via Mental Floss) Live from New York … Saturday Night Live made its television debut on October 11, 1975. In

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(via Laughing Squid) An incredibly realistic Freddie Mercury marionette strutted around in his signature yellow jacket and white pants while

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(via National Geographic) The first humans flew into space nearly 60 years ago from the deserts of southern Kazakhstan and

(via Eat Out Well) It’s prime candy corn time! Those little tri-colored triangles have celebrated over 130 birthdays and are

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(via Atlas Obscura) From its name, to its hazy origins, to its drug interactions, there’s a lot going on beneath

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(via Atlas Obscura) The pandemic layover and their eventual return home is a new chapter in a long history.

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(via Mental Floss) You’ve heard of the light bulb and the telephone, but what about Thomas Edison‘s terrifying talking doll

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(via Amusing Planet) On April 21, 1906, three days after the terrible San Francisco earthquake, James Graves Jones dispatched a

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(via Atlas Obscura) The fate of an enormous trove of fossils hangs in the balance.

(via Smithsonian) Born one year before the end of World War II, George Lucas turned a boyhood fascination into a