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Erin Blakemore|
David’s history actually begins a hundred years before Michelangelo picked up the chisel.
Livius Drusus|
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s names are associated with one of the most infamous double homicides in American history. But were they guilty? Albert Einstein and a host of other great thinkers didn’t believe so.
Jennifer M Wood|
Sean Hutchinson|
Caitlin Schneider|
Seneca Village was a small but vibrant community founded in 1825 by free working class African-Americans in uptown Manhattan.
Livius Drusus|
Joss Whedon, Hollywood’s reigning king of pop culture, swears that he exists completely outside of it.
Dana Schwartz|
Though he dabbled in murder, bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling, it was the crime of tax evasion that took Al Capone down. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t guns involved, including the one on display at The Mob Museum.
Jennifer M Wood|
Children acquiring sign languages go through the same linguistic stages that those acquiring spoken languages do.
Arika Okrent|
Fire Marshal Bill, Calhoun Tubbs, Ugly Wanda, and Homey D. Clown are celebrating 25 years.
Roger Cormier|
The IRS becomes the proud owner of a huge batch of new paperclips each year. So, what do they do with the influx of office supplies?
Nick Greene|
Presidents have long been fans of technology, even if they weren’t always early adopters.
Annie Johnson|
We're covering the events of World War I exactly 100 years later.
Erik Sass|
Matt Soniak|
Swearing on television is a tricky business. To get around restrictions, some shows replace the "bad" words with benign ones.
Angela Tung|
Erik Sass|
Editorial Staff|
Kara Kovalchik|
For thousands of years, people have buried their treasures to keep them safe from authorities and marauders or as offerings to the gods. Every now and then, someone is lucky enough to find one of these long-lost hoards. Here are seven of the best finds in
Livius Drusus|
Sonia Weiser|
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