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The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys

(via Smithsonian) Few images embody the spirit of the American West as well as the trailblazing, sharpshooting, horseback-riding cowboy of

(via Listverse) Whenever you create something new, patent it as soon as possible, or others might take advantage of your

(via Listverse) Arguably the most famous shipwreck in history, the Titanic continues to fascinate those of all ages 107 years

(via Atlas Obscura) Though NIagara Falls rarely freeze completely, it’s not uncommon, on frigid days, for the vista to look

(via Mental Floss) Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the federal holiday created in recognition of the Atlanta

(via Atlas Obscura) The Mid-America Windmill Museum, in Kendallville, Indiana, exists almost entirely outdoors. Its 53 specimens, most of them

(via mental_floss) The concrete jungle may be sprinkled with man-made parks and tree-lined streets, but the great outdoors? Not so

(via Mental Floss) With its seemingly endless army of aliens slowly marching down the screen, the thump-thump-thump of its sound

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

(via Atlas Obscura) In the early- to mid-20th century, vending machines in the United States and Europe dispensed myriad treats

(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