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Hannah Keyser|
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Stacy Conradt|
A short history of Phil Jackson's journey.
Bud Shaw|
For nearly 50 years, Dr. Darold Treffert of the University of Wisconsin has been studying savants—developmentally disabled people who demonstrate exceptional levels of genius in one particular skill set. Most savants are born with their unique abil
Rob Lammle|
Rudie Obias|
Here in the U.S., you can name your kid almost anything, but that's not the case everywhere in the world.
David K. Israel|
Abbey Stone|
Stephen Hawking is undoubtedly the world's most recognizable theoretical physicist, but let's take a look at five things you might not know about the former Cambridge professor.
Ethan Trex|
Rudie Obias|
Scoreboards have come a long way since the turn of the 20th century, when operators climbed ladders to update boards with chalk or hang a different number to indicate the start of a new inning or quarter. Manually operated boards slowly gave way to more e
Scott Allen|
Erin McCarthy|
When Bill France Sr. founded NASCAR in 1948, the sport's handful of sponsors were almost exclusively local businesses.
Scott Allen|
You know the characters, but you might not know their full names. Store these tidbits away in your noggin for future trivia.
Jason English|
Radiation as a medical cure has valid uses and definite dangers to the human body. We use radiation for diagnosis (as in x-rays) and for therapy (as in cancer treatment), but the benefits must be carefully weighed against the costs. Once upon a time, radi
Miss Cellania|
American products are available around the world—but they're not always called by the name they've been given in the U.S. Sometimes, companies will change a product's name to adapt to various languages and cultures. Here are 12 American goods with differe
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