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How Martin Luther King Jr. Kept Star Trek Flying High

Martin Luther King photographed in 1964.

How Martin Luther King Jr. Kept Star Trek Flying High

10 Surprising Facts About Benedict Arnold

Anne S. K. Brown Collection at Brown University, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

10 Surprising Facts About Benedict Arnold

The Empty Crypt Beneath the U.S. Capitol Rotunda

The U.S. Capitol Crypt in all its splendor.

The Empty Crypt Beneath the U.S. Capitol Rotunda

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

11 Outdated Nicknames for Marijuana That We Should Bring Back

Some future giggle smoke growing in California.

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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11 Items From Titanic’s Final Menus

F.G.O. Stuart, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

11 Frosty Facts About the North Pole

The Alfred Wegener Institute research ship Polarstern reached the North Pole on August 19, 2020, during the year-long MOSAiC expedition to study climate change in the Arctic.

11 Surprising Facts About Alexander Hamilton

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How 10 Classic Toys Were Invented

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5 Presidents Who Didn't Attend Their Successor's Inauguration

John Trumbull, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

What Was the Original Reason for the 25th Amendment?

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9 Historical Treasures Unwittingly Used as Common Household Items

A larger companion piece to this chest was mistakenly used as a household item.

8 Historical Methods of Detecting Pregnancy

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Bird-Watcher in England Discovers a Hoard of 1st-Century Celtic Coins

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