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A classic Disney cartoon, a dinosaur-filled blockbuster, and a 29-second piece of African-American history from 1898 all made the cut.

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When Congress asks for 'The Goonies' to be preserved, only the best will do.

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Wes Anderson's Golden Globe-nominated comedy arrived in theaters 20 years ago.

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Just don't shoot your eye out while you're there.

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Most old holiday decorations don't hold much value beyond the sentimental kind. But vintage ceramic Christmas trees shoot up in value around the holidays, and could potentially be worth hundreds of dollars.

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Mothering dragons is a pretty sweet gig.

Encyclopedia Britannica volumes on display at the New York Public Library

The first edition featured 39 pages on horse diseases.

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He was a millionaire before he hit kindergarten.

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It was still expensive in the 1950s.

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The library classification system isn't perfect—and neither was its creator.

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It seems as if some of the film's biggest stars were as much in the dark as the rest of us.

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The Nobel Prize-winning poet, who escaped the Holocaust, is the subject of today's Google Doodle.

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The tradition has been going on for more than a quarter-century.

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Coming soon: "The Case of the Missing Lifeguard."

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The Oscar-winning Best Picture—which didn't win any accolades for its historical accuracy—arrived in theaters 20 years ago.

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It has a little something to do with Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.