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11 Presidential Facts About Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The official campaign portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

11 Presidential Facts About Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Anti-Pasta: When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta in Italy

A pasta vendor in Naples during the late 19th or early 20th century.

Anti-Pasta: When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta in Italy

Watch: In 1948, Idaho Officials Sent 76 Beavers Parachuting Into Idaho’s Wilderness

A young beaver with all four feet firmly on the ground.

Watch: In 1948, Idaho Officials Sent 76 Beavers Parachuting Into Idaho’s Wilderness

10 Surprising Facts About Band of Brothers

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10 Surprising Facts About Band of Brothers

The Kansas Shoe Salesman Responsible for Veterans Day

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11 Things to Remember This Veterans Day

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Why Do We Have Daylight Saving Time?

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When Europe's First Female Orchestra Conductor Foiled the Nazis While Defying Gender Expectations

Frieda Belinfante (left) and Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans, her then-partner.

What Happens to the Racist Statues and Monuments That Are Removed? Many Find Their Way to Germany’s Citadel Museum

A fallen statue of Lenin next to the Mogoşoaia Palace.

How 'Rumor Clinics' Fought Fake News 80 Years Ago

Fake news spread fast in 1940s America.

12 Facts About the End of World War II

American servicemen and women in Paris celebrate on V-J Day, marking the end of World War II.

10 Strange Weapons Invented During World War II

"Bat bombs" were just one of the unusual weapons developed during the Second World War.

In Bordeaux, France, a Former Nazi Submarine Base Has Been Transformed Into a Digital Art Gallery

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13 Memorable Facts About D-Day

American troops landing on Omaha beach at Normandy on D-Day.

A Brief History of the White House Bunker

President George Bush consults with senior staff in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

When Orson Welles Met Adolf Hitler

Orson Welles seemingly met most of the 20th century's most famous figures, from Marilyn Monroe to Adolf Hitler.