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U.S. HistoryArticle1167 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 & CultureArticle655 Photos From Greenwich Village in the 1960s
In the 1960s, New York City’s Greenwich Village — the Manhattan neighborhood located roughly between Houston and 14th streets, from the Hudson River to Broadway — was a hub of…
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World HistoryArticle1345 Toxic Foods People Used To Eat
From our modern vantage point, the culinary options of bygone cultures are sometimes difficult to comprehend. It seems that hungry people gobbled down anything they could get their hands on,…
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Arts & CultureArticle31How Did Victorian Women Get Dressed?
Victorian fashion, like many aspects of British society during Queen Victoria’s reign, was defined by order, structure, and formality. Though styles evolved throughout the decades, from the voluminous bell skirts…
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World HistoryArticle29What Was the Bronze Age Like?
The Bronze Age was a period of extraordinary transformation that unfolded across many parts of the world between roughly 3300 and 1200 BCE. During this time, people mastered the process…
