Where Dollars Die and are Reborn
(via Great Big Story) Turns out, your old dollars have a very green afterlife. When money gets too old and
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US History
The Drive Through Trees of California
(via Amusing Planet) The giant redwoods of Northern California are the biggest trees in the world with trunks so thick
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50 Fascinating Facts about the Statue of Liberty
(via The Telegraph) On June 19, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from France. It was
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The Great Chicago Fire – 1871
(via Retronaut) On the night of Oct. 8, 1871, a fire erupted in the O’Leary family barn at 137 DeKoven
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Haunting Portraits of 8 Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
(via Retronaut) John Wilkes Booth’s brazen murder of Lincoln, April 14, 1865 , was the only successful part of a
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America’s Obsession With Presidential Hair
(via National Geographic) Americans have been interested in political hair ever since George Washington came on the scene in 1789.
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When Express Delivery to California Meant 100 Days at Sea
(via Collectors Weekly) At the frenzied height of our current technological gold rush, the denizens of America’s West Coast cities can have almost anything
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Vintage photos from the Coney Island of yesteryear
(via The Week) Coney Island has long had a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers and tourists. Part
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Launch Nuclear Attack? Insert Disk Seven
(via How Stuff Works) The U.S. Government Accountability Office issued an alarming report on May 25, 2016. They found that
Read moreFrom D-Day to Dinner: Chef Boyardee Goes to War
(via Great Big Story) An Italian immigrant named Hector Boiardi invented it, but the U.S. Military canned pasta and tomato
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Five Rejected Designs for the Lincoln Memorial
(via mental_floss) Can you imagine Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech taking place in front of a
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How the man who shot President Reagan lives today
(via The Washingtonian) Every morning, John Hinckley Jr. leaves his room inside St. Elizabeth’s psychiatric hospital and goes outside at
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