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The CIA’s Entire Collection of Declassified UFO Documents Is Now Available to Download

Time to find out what the CIA has been keeping from us.

The CIA’s Entire Collection of Declassified UFO Documents Is Now Available to Download

Capital vs. Capitol

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Capital vs. Capitol

35 Fascinating Facts About Presidential Inaugurations Past

Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009.

35 Fascinating Facts About Presidential Inaugurations Past

Area 51 Alert: U.S. Intelligence Agencies Have Been Given 180 Days to Disclose All UFO Information

Not a government file photo.

Area 51 Alert: U.S. Intelligence Agencies Have Been Given 180 Days to Disclose All UFO Information

11 Presidential Facts About Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The official campaign portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

What's Open and What's Closed on Martin Luther King Day 2021

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What Benefits Do Presidents Get After They Leave Office?

Barack Obama walks on the colonnade after leaving the Oval Office for the last time as President on January 20, 2017.

What Was the Original Reason for the 25th Amendment?

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Did You Have a Baby in 2020? You Might Be Entitled to $1100 in Extra Stimulus Cash

Babies can earn money just by being babies.

7 U.S. Inauguration Day Mishaps

The U.S. Capitol, ready for the 2013 Presidential Inauguration.

When a Founding Father Performed His Own Penis Surgery (And Then Died)

A painting of Gouverneur Morris by Pierre Henri, 1798.

Why Isn't Washington, D.C., a State?

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

Anti-Pasta: When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta in Italy

A pasta vendor in Naples during the late 19th or early 20th century.

The Library of Congress Needs Help Transcribing More Than 20,000 Letters Written to Teddy Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt would want you to transcribe these letters.

Why Doesn’t the U.S. Use the Metric System?

Choose your fighter.

November Is Native American Heritage Month—Here Are 5 Things to Know

In 1914, Red Fox James rode from Montana to the White House to champion a celebration of America's indigenous peoples.