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Librarian Finds Live Civil-War Artillery Shells on Her First Day

(via Atlas Obscura) Abby Noland’s years of experience working in libraries prepared her for anything. So when she found artillery

(via Discover) This year is the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first time humans walked on

(via Atlas Obscura) Col. Robert Gould Shaw led the Civil War’s first all-black regiment, a story depicted in the 1989 movie

(via Neatorama) John Travolta was the studio’s original choice to play the title character in the 1994 movie Forrest Gump.

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(via War History Online) “Old Ironsides”, the USS Constitution, has been through it all and lived to tell about it

(via Atlas Obscura) Until the mid-1990s, squared-away plebes (what they call freshmen at the United States Military Academy—better known as

(via Smithsonian Magazine) Mom and pop motels once dominated American highways. Now, they’re an endangered species. Even so, efforts to preserve mom

(via mental_floss) Up until recently, it was common for accounts of Skee-Ball’s history to name Princeton University alumni J. Dickinson

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(via Academic Exchange) We are already familiar with the fireworks, parades , barbeque and festivities like picnics, fairs, concerts and

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(via Huffington Post) “Back to the Future” was released on this day in 1985. The classic film invented its own

(via mental_floss) As symbols of unity, flags are often part of key historic events—the banner to which people flock, the

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(via Popular Mechanics) Iconic American architecture doesn’t fit neatly in a box. Everything from cloud-scraping skyscrapers to flowing museums fit