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10 Fascinating Facts About The American Flag

(via Listverse) The reasons for the Americans’ love of their flag are deeply rooted in the nation’s history, but not

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

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 0 Comments history

(via Listverse) Behind every historical artifact at a museum, there’s a perfectly normal and rational explanation as to how and

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 0 Comments technology

(via Popular Mechanics) Since 1776, the paper the Declaration of Independenceis on has had a fairly rough time. A forensic

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(via Mental Floss) By mid-1863, General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia seemed unbeatable—yet when they met

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(via Amusing Planet) There’s a humble two-storied marble-clad house in Petersburg, Virginia, that has more than 150 years of Civil

(via mental_floss) These days, businesses seem to open and close in the blink of an eye. But despite the instability

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 0 Comments food, history

(via Atlas Obscura) Breadlines, where miserable hundreds waited hours for free food, were an all-too-common sight during the Depression. Penny

June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 0 Comments Inspiration

(via Listverse) The Great Depression was as hard as times come. In the US, one in four men was unemployed and

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 0 Comments military

(via Mental Floss) In 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain Steve Rogers frees captured Allied soldiers from a Nazi base.

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018 0 Comments baseball

(via Smithsonian) An Indiana slugger was one of the athletes who “hit the dirt in the skirt” and changed Americans’

(via mental_floss) Hardtack is a simple biscuit made of little more than flour and water. Used for centuries as a