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W.E.B. Du Bois co-founded the NAACP—and was a victim of McCarthyism.

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design doesn’t *always* go to a period drama.

In 1989, Jim Henson's 'Fraggle Rock' became the first American television series to air in what was then still the Soviet Union.

Virginia Woolf loved using purple ink—but only for certain kinds of writing.

The history of Groundhog Day stretches back hundreds of years. But, as it turns out, the furry animal isn’t the best at getting the forecast right.

In this episode of The List Show, we cover 100 facts about everything from business to biology that'll make you say, “huh?”

From enslaved woman to Underground Railroad guide and Civil War spy, Harriet Tubman led a remarkable life.