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The surprisingly strange history of Thanksgiving (and other turkey day trivia) ~humanities.history Link 4 votes
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Improving MIT’s written commitment to freedom of expression education.higher Article 775 words 4 votes
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first US Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. ~humanities.history Article 1774 words 8 votes
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Much of what you've heard about Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan is wrong ~humanities.history Article 1424 words 11 votes