U.S. History
Why Front Porches Slowly Disappeared
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U.S. HistoryFact63The CIA trained ravens to drop bugging devices on windowsills.
Most spies don’t work for peanuts, but a few of the CIA’s Cold War recruits worked for morsels of “crow salad.” The agency experimented with some unconventional operatives during the…
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U.S. HistoryFact24There has been only one fully bald U.S. president.
As Richard Nixon learned the hard way in his televised debate with JFK, appearance matters when running for office. That may help explain why, of the 45 men who’ve served…
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U.S. HistoryArticle35The Strangest Ways the Postal Service Has Delivered Mail
Now that the future has finally arrived and robots are delivering mail through the streets of major cities, it might seem — to some of us older folks, at least…
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U.S. HistoryArticle248What Was America’s First Suburb?
When you think of the origins of American suburbia, the name Levittown may spring to mind. A symbol of post-World War II optimism and domestic comfort, this Long Island development,…






