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Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a '90s Media Sensation

Dolly the sheep at the National Museum of Scotland

Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a '90s Media Sensation

Beavers and Bat People: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835

A lithograph of "ruby amphitheater," as it was printed in The Sun.

Beavers and Bat People: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835

Bat Boy Lives! An Oral History of Weekly World News

Popular Weekly World News cover monster Bat Boy.

Bat Boy Lives! An Oral History of Weekly World News

How VHS Beat Betamax and Changed Media Forever

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How VHS Beat Betamax and Changed Media Forever

15 Trailblazing Facts About Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem is the face of feminism and the reason it's cool to put your glasses on over your hair.

Why Do So Many News Anchors Sound Alike?

News anchors have mastered the art of being linguistically neutral.

95 Years of The New Yorker Covers Visualized by Color

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12 Things You Might Not Know About MAD Magazine

Mad Magazine

How Joseph Pulitzer Saved the Statue of Liberty

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When 'Courage' Caused Controversy for Dan Rather

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Hugh Hefner’s Personal Copy of Playboy #1 Can Be Yours

Courtesy of Julien's Auctions

Dutton's New Young Adult Books Are the Size of a Smartphone—and They're Horizontal

Orson Welles's War of the Worlds Broadcast Might Not Have Caused Mass Panic

By Acme News Photos, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

The Bloody History of Fangoria, the Magazine That Changed the Way We View Horror Movies

Andrew C. Wood

Daniel Radcliffe Played Fact-Checker at The New Yorker to Prepare for New Role

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The Time Congress Banned the Braille Edition of Playboy

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