Why Oppenheimer deserves his own movie
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Strongly influenced by Quakers 175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA
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The status quo coalition
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United States of America
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Some historians say that the last US Revolutionary War battle was fought in India
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A July Fourth collection of essays related to the US Independence Day
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The most famous NYT crossword: 1996 presidential election day
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The campaign in the desert of North Africa in 1940-1943 mapped
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Well before the first climbing frame was patented as "jungle gym", mathematician Charles Hinton thought they might be able to teach kids four-dimensional thinking
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The troubling history of tipping in American restaurants
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90th birthday interview, with transcript, of Daniel Ellsberg: recently deceased leaker and whistleblower re the Vietnam War
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Oppenheimer: Vacated but not vindicated
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The insane engineering of the M1 Abrams
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The world's greatest fighter jet: The F-15 Eagle
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Black conservatism isn’t what you think
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In the oppression olympics, don’t go for the gold
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Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’
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Hail to the Chief: One great article about every US President
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The shape of Vodou in diaspora
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US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in thirty minutes – and kept it a secret for fifty years
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Much of what you've heard about Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan is wrong
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How Gloria Steinem lent Wonder Woman a helping hand
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Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area.
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Minneapolis church still holds services in Norwegian – congregation was founded in 1922 at the tail end of a decades-long migration of Norwegians to Minnesota
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The biggest mapping mistake of all time
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What happened to flying wings?
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A geyser that shoots sparkling mineral water
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A working flight simulator, no computers necessary
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The history of (American) Sign Language
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Mike the headless chicken
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Deep dive into the history of Kennywood's Old Mill ride, the cancelled Garfield theme park, and the infamous Garfield's Nightmare dark ride
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The case against the Supreme Court of the United States
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Where Roe went wrong: A sweeping new abortion right built on a shaky legal foundation
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He spurred a revolution in psychiatry. Then he ‘disappeared.’
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How men found love in 1800s America was so awful it’s funny
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Neoslavery: The part of US history you've always skipped
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The world’s fastest bomber: The XB-70 Valkyrie
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13,000 pounds at 118 miles per hour: It was the deadliest wreck in years. And the man behind it was one of the FBI’s most notorious informants.
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A child calling Santa reached NORAD instead. Christmas Eve was never the same.
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Tenement Museum virtual tour
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Recycled Russian warheads fuel US power plants (2013)
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What to do when the KKK shoots and other lessons from Houston’s underground paper
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Little-known Black history comes to light in new documentary series
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The surprisingly strange history of Thanksgiving (and other turkey day trivia)
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Disney’s FastPass: A complicated history
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America's forgotten vampire panic
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Search for Jimmy Hoffa leads the FBI to Jersey City landfill
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How many people have Q Clearance?
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Decolonizing Idaho’s road signs - A new effort will add Indigenous history to historical markers across the state
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WWII animated: Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-1941
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