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Before Food Trucks, Americans Ate ‘Night Lunch’ From Beautiful Wagons

(via Atlas Obscura) Lunch wagons were the ancestors of the modern diner. While they served inexpensive eats, the wagons themselves

(via Popular Mechanics) The Air Force’s fleet of Cold War bombers will fly longer than most people will live, allowing B-52

(via Atlas Obscura) Underwater combat dates back to the American Revolution.

(via Atlas Obscura) It’s the year 1900 and you need a photograph 8 feet long. Impossible? Not to photographer George

(via Amusing Planet) The Four Corners Monument is the only place in the United States where you can be in

(via Atlas Obscura) It’s a nearly forgotten chapter of Cold War history that seems hard to fathom today—even for those who

(via BuzzFeed) On this day in 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake,

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(via Amusing Planet) The role women played in the two World Wars is well known and well appreciated. As men

(via Listverse) People have been finding strange items and treasures on their properties for years, including a stolen vehicle, a

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(via Listverse) The Great Depression is viewed as a dark and difficult time in America’s history. But there are other

(via Discover) This year is the 49th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first time humans walked on

(via Refinery29) The Happiest Place on Earth, a.k.a. Disneyland, opened 63 years ago today in Anaheim, California. We now think