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Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, was the AIDS of the first millennium. Find out how leper colonies (leprosaria) worked at HowStuffWorks.

The Recording Industry Association of America's goal is to promote and protect the music industry. Learn about the RIAA in this article.

Think you have an original idea for a Constitutional amendment? Are you sure it hasn't been brought up one of the other 11,000 times?

The use of political attack ads has shot up in recent years. Are these negative political attack ads effective?

Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. But she was so much more. HowStuffWorks looks at this American legend.

The Freedom of Information Act gives citizens access to government materials, but not every document is made public. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.

The powers wielded by the U.S. president have waxed and waned over the years. Learn about executive powers in this article at HowStuffWorks.

An IRS audit is treated on TV with the same dread as hearing Bigfoot in the forest. Learn more about IRS tax audit myths at HowStuffWorks.

Being a professional clown must be fun, but with training and more it's a serious business. Learn more about professional clowns at HowStuffWorks.

Filmmaking in the 1920s taught us how to make great movies. See 10 lessons we learned from filmmaking in the 1920s to learn more.

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