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The items are this list are purrfect for pet lovers.

This holiday season, treat the pet lovers in your life with these gifts for themselves, their cats, their dogs, and beyond.

Kerry Wolfe
The burial mask of Egyptian King Tutankhamun.

If you can only name one Egyptian pharaoh, it’s likely King Tut. Tutankhamun made history as the youngest known monarch to preside over the ancient Egyptian empire—but that wasn’t his only claim to fame.

Michele Debczak




Andrew Carnegie.

Long before Musk, Zuck, and Bezos, Andrew Carnegie was one of the richest men in the world. But unlike his modern-day peers, Carnegie dedicated much of his life to getting rid of as much of his wealth as possible.

Stacy Conradt


Luftwaffe Over London

From the World War II engagement that helped instigate a medical breakthrough to the devastating attack that indirectly contributed to the Renaissance, these battles altered the course of history.

Kerry Wolfe


Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson have been friends and colleagues since college.

Plenty of college students fret about their roommates, but be careful—that person on the lower bunk may someday win the Super Bowl.

Jason Plautz
Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language.

Noah Webster’s two-volume 'An American Dictionary of the English Language' earned him a place in linguistic history, and a reputation as the foremost lexicographer of American English.

Paul Anthony Jones












Your giftee would die to receive these presents.

Humans have a strange and lasting fascination with the dark and macabre. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a list of the best gifts for true crime fans that will appeal to any murder mystery lover.

Hannah McDonald


Noah Webster.

Noah Webster—who was born on October 16, 1758—compiled America’s most influential dictionary, Americanized our English, essentially founded the publishing industry, and was a pioneer in epidemiology. Here's what you should know about Webster.

April Snellings