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15 Tips From Walt Whitman for Living a Healthy Life

In 1858, the poet published a 13-column guide to manly health under a pseudonym.

The Best Least Popular Baby Names From 1916

Some pretty fabulous names lurk near the bottom of the SSA's baby name lists.

5 of History's Most Remarkable Teachers

Their strength, dedication, and creativity deserve extra gold stars.

Scenes From the First American Shopping Mall, Filmed in 1956

The Southdale Center in Minnesota was the world's first indoor, air-conditioned mall.

Bob Dylan Confirmed to Have Written Protest Song With Activist Jane Jacobs

"Listen, Robert Moses" protested the planned Lower Manhattan Expressway, which, thanks to Jacobs, was never built.

Archaeologists May Have Found Captain Cook's Ship off Rhode Island's Coast

The ship was likely scuttled before the 1778 Battle of Rhode Island.

25 Adorable Facts about Babies

It’s scientifically proven that they smell amazing.

The Getty is Recapping Game of Thrones With Medieval Manuscripts

Proof that the show owes a lot to the art of the Middle Ages.

Show & Tell: A Campaign Torch Helmet

Political campaigns used to hold late-night parades, when this helmet with a wick would have come in handy.

President James Monroe Lived in a Mansion—Not a Humble Cottage

Archaeologists had to re-think much of what they knew about Monroe's life when they uncovered a large stone house on his estate's grounds.

How Irina Margareta Nistor Introduced Sylvester Stallone to Communist Romania

She was the most famous woman in Romania during the 1980s, but no one had ever seen her face.

J. Stephen Conn via Flickr // CC BY-NC 2.0

Jesse Applegate, Who Found a Safer Route on the Oregon Trail

He established the Applegate Trail, a less dangerous route for settlers to take from the Midwest into Oregon.

Infographic: How Ancient Egypt Shaped the Modern World

We owe a lot to our innovative forebears.

Harper Lee Once Wrote a Magazine Article About the 'In Cold Blood' Murders

Lee didn't include her byline, presumably so she wouldn't steal Capote's thunder.

The Tragic Event That Led Samuel Morse to Develop the Telegraph

If it weren't for a tragic death in Morse's life, the telegraph may never have existed.

25 Things You Should Know About Anchorage

Anchorage is a city on the edge of civilization—and that’s exactly what locals and visitors love about it.

10 Fascinating Facts About the Evolution of Dating and Courtship

What is considered romantic today would have been scandalous, if not criminal, less than 100 years ago.

11 Monumental Facts About the Pantheon

5. The dome was the largest ever constructed in the ancient world.

10 Things People Thought Lived Inside Their Bodies

The human body is full of weird, gross and awe-inspiring stuff as we know it—but for people who lived when ideas were unbound by strict anatomical correctness, it was even more so. Here are 10 things people thought, and in some cases still think, were inh

Watch Rare HD Footage of New York City in 1993

Touring iconic New York City landmarks, the video shows how the Big Apple has changed over the last few decades.

Samantha Smith (second from right) is greeted by Russian Young Pioneers at the airport in Moscow in 1983.

How 10-Year-Old Samantha Smith Helped Ease Cold War Tensions In the Early 1980s

In late 1982, Samantha Smith—a 10-year-old from Maine—wrote a short letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov that made a huge impact.

Historic Papers Documenting the 'Laws of Base Ball' Sell for More Than $3 Million

The "Magna Carta of our national pastime" established many of the game's most important rules.

Reproduction of woodcut, 1483. Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 4.0

Just How Old Is C-Section Birth?

And when did women and babies start surviving it?

10 Wild Things That Happened at Studio 54

The New York City nightclub is the stuff hedonistic legends are made of.

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