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Top 10 Surprising Facts About America’s First Ladies

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(via Listverse) The role of the First Lady is a unique position. Each woman who has occupied the unofficial office

(via Atlas Obscura) On August 4, 1972, near the North Vietnamese port of Hai Phong, dozens of mines hiding in

(via mental_floss) This Christmas, you might find yourself elbow-deep in frosting and candy canes, trying to construct a gingerbread house

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(via Popular Science) Twenty years ago, the Earth stopped being the only place in the universe that humans can call

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(via Grunge) The bonsai tree deemed the world’s oldest now lives in the Crespi Bonsai Museum in Milan, Italy. Called

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

(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 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