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Color Photos of the 1939 New York World’s Fair

(via The Atlantic) The famous theme of the 1939 New York World’s Fair was “The World of Tomorrow.” Photographer Peter

(via Smithsonian) From tuna fish to the lesser-known woodcock, food experts peer under the bread and find the story of a

(via The Week) Richard Overton, of Austin, Texas is 111 years old, and it’s not every day that the oldest

(via 99 Percent Invisible) The Residence Act of 1790 called for the creation of a new capital city for the

(via The Week) When Americans think about the most innovative agency in the government, they think about the Pentagon or

(via Smithsonian Magazine) Mom and pop motels once dominated American highways. Now, they’re an endangered species. Even so, efforts to preserve mom

(via mental_floss) As symbols of unity, flags are often part of key historic events—the banner to which people flock, the

(via Atlas Obscura) In 1866, Spencer M. Clark, then Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau, made a daring decision: to

(via Atlas Obscura) On the last day of an archaeological project near Valley Forge National Park, Dan Sivilich told his

(via History and Piktochart) In a ceremony presided over by President William Howard Taft, the New York Public Library, the

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(via Neatorama) The facts about one of the most famous feuds in U.S. history.

(via Neatorama) Our 18th U.S. president, born April 27, 1820, Ulysses S. Grant was, like so many of our presidents