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U.S. HistoryArticle367 Funny Things That Happened in the 1970s
The 1970s were a time of contradictions in the United States. The fallout from the ongoing Vietnam War and Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal led to widespread cynicism, but that tension…
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Arts & CultureArticle06 of the Oldest Selfies
In 2023, Paris Hilton made the bold claim of having conceived of the selfie. In posts on Instagram and X, she shared photos from 2006 of her posing alongside Britney…
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U.S. HistoryArticle0The Secret History of Area 51
Area 51 does not exist. That is, it does not exist under that specific designation, as it’s formally known as the Groom Lake and Homey Airport, part of the Nevada…
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World HistoryArticle3Why Do We Knock on Wood?
If you’ve ever said something like, “The car has been working perfectly all year — knock on wood,” and then rapped your knuckles on the nearest wooden surface, you’re in…
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World HistoryArticle0The Curious History of the Piggy Bank
If you’ve ever dropped spare change into a rotund, smiling, ceramic pig, you may have wondered: Why a pig? The idea of putting coins inside a chubby farm animal may…
