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‘American Gothic’ Became Famous Because Many People Saw It as a Joke

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Get Your GIFs Ready for This International Public Domain GIF-Making Competition

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The Doctor Who Modernized Royal Births—in the 1970s

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The Library of Congress Wants Your Help Identifying World War I-Era Political Cartoons

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Who Was Chuck Taylor?

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Found: A Sunken German World War I-Era Submarine

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The Long, Strange Journey of Buffalo Bill's Corpse

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15 Riveting Facts About Alan Turing

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Brigido Lara, the Artist Whose Pre-Columbian Fakes Fooled Museums Around the World

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10 Cold War Artifacts From the Real-Life Bridge of Spies Auction

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In 1938, The New York Times Thought Cheeseburgers Were a Weird New Fad

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When Lexicographer Samuel Johnson Became a Ghostbuster

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The Mountains of Kong: The Majestic West African Range That Never Existed

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Why Are We So Scared of Clowns?

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15 Star-Studded Facts About The Emmy Awards

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How the Rise of Paperback Books Turned To Kill a Mockingbird Into a Literary Classic

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