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What Was So Lucky About Mafia Boss Charles 'Lucky' Luciano?

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The gangster most known for facilitating the creation of the modern American Mafia, he was the head of organized crime in New York City in the 1930s.

Can You Become Ambidextrous Later in Life? It Depends

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Most people throughout the world are right-handed. So can they teach themselves to use their left hands, too and become ambidextrous?

Why Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Racism Exercise Is So Powerful

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Jane Elliott has been exposing racist thinking for more than 50 years using eye color. Some think her methodology is too harsh. She couldn't care less.

The Journey of 'Uncle Tom': From Abolitionist Hero to Ultimate Sellout

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'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was a wildly popular novel about a heroic enslaved man. But along the way, 'Uncle Tom' became a shorthand insult for a Black man who's subservient to whites.

PEMDAS: Remembering Math's Order of Operations

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A simple math problem may seem to some of us like an inscrutable pile of numbers and symbols, just waiting to trip us up. PEMDAS to the rescue!

Jane Goodall: A Global Face for Global Peace

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In her legendary 60-year career, Jane Goodall has made being an intrepid scientist, environmentalist, writer and teacher look easy.

From Military to Mainstream: The Evolution of the AR-15

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The ArmaLite AR-15 rifle has become a hot-button issue in the American landscape. Where did the rifle originate and how did it become so controversial?

What if people had evolved as birds?

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If people had evolved as birds, we'd probably lay eggs. Learn more about what would happen if people had evolved as birds at HowStuffWorks.

Pregnancy at Different Ages: 20s, 30s and 40s

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Pregnancy is different at different ages, including 20s, 30s, and 40s. Learn about pregnancy at different ages at Discovery Health.

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