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8 Things You Might Not Know About James A. Garfield

(via Mental Floss) Owing to his untimely demise at the hands of assassin Charles Guiteau in 1881, 20th U.S. president

(via Great Big Story) General Tso’s chicken is a staple in American Chinese restaurants. But the most popular Chinese dish

(via NASA) 50 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and

(via Mental Floss) December 7, 1941 was “a date which will live in infamy.” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed it

(via Mental Floss) Prohibition ended 85 years ago—on December 5, 1933— but the colorful colloquialisms it brought about will live

(via Atlas Obscura) It was part of an “enduring rivalry” between African-American and French cooking in the White House.

(via History) On this day in 1980, 350 million people around the world tune in to television’s popular primetime drama

(via Atlas Obscura) The garage is a symbol of suburbia, a site of rebellion, and a very strange room.

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(via Smithsonian) Before astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, scientists thought a weightless

(via mental_floss) Want to know which state capital’s name means “a good place to dig wild potatoes?” Or which cities

(via Amusing Planet) In the heart of Harlem, in New York City, at the northwest corner of 128th Street and

(via Mental Floss) Remember when your high school summer reading list included Atticus, Fiesta, and The Last Man in Europe?