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The Smithsonian Saved the Ruby Slippers—and the Scarecrow’s Costume Is Next

(via mental_floss) The Smithsonian has officially raised enough money to save Judy Garland’s iconic ruby slippers. Now, Smithsonian.com reports, the

(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) Between 1951 and 1992, the United States conducted 928 atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site about

(via History Things) Valley Forge is a well known topic of the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Army camped there

(via Popular Mechanics) If rock and roll is a religion, then Sun Studio is one of its holiest temples. The

(via mental_floss) The old Wild West is the stuff of legends: Gunslingers robbing banks and trains. Cowboys on long cattle

(via History Buff) The idea of a man-eating shark patrolling the coast and eating swimmers is terrifying. More terrifying is

(via National Geographic) After the Revolutionary War, British and American representatives met in Paris to negotiate the boundaries of a

(via Atlas Obscura) Could anything be less friendly than barbed wire? Its whole purpose is to deter, to turn back,

(via Amusing Planet) When architect Solomon Willard arrived in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1825, and discovered a granite ledge in a

(via Collector’s Weekly) Hoboes are not bums. They were really migratory workers. When they first emerged in the United States

(via Priceconomics)Before the California Golf Rush of 1849, San Francisco had a population of about 500 people. The news of