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U.S. HistoryArticle377 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 & CultureArticle08 Shows Everyone Watched in the ’60s
Before cable was the norm, and long before streaming services were even an idea, network television ruled the airwaves. With fewer choices, viewers coalesced around a small number of shows…
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Arts & CultureArticle0Was Aesop a Real Person?
For more than two millennia, readers have enjoyed the brief, morally pointed tales known as Aesop’s fables. For many of us, these stories were among the first we heard as…
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World HistoryArticle2Why Do We Clink Glasses When Toasting?
Few social rituals are as widespread or instinctive as clinking glasses after a toast. At weddings, dinners, and bars and pubs around the world, we reach across the table, touch…
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U.S. HistoryArticle27 Foods People Used To Think Were Healthy
If you grew up in the 1950s, ’60s, or ’70s, you might remember starting the day with a bowl of frosted cereal and a glass of orange juice, followed by…
