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Over the course of his life, Aldrin has learned a lot, and he’s shared his wisdom in a number of books and interviews.

Alvin Ward
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On January 15, 1919, Boston suffered one of history’s strangest disasters when the “Great Molasses Flood” tore through the city's North End and deposited so much gooey residue that locals claimed they could still smell the molasses on warm days decades la

Ethan Trex








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From the first manned Moon landing to Monty Python, here are 50 things marking a half-century on this planet (and beyond).

Jennifer M Wood, Colin Ainsworth