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How a Teenage Sacagawea Guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition Into Immortality

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Sacagawea, at around 16 or 17, guided the Lewis and Clark expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, and became a legend.

Can You Correctly Identify Every Country in Central and South America?

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Where does everyone want to go when the weather gets cold? Down south! It's time to head way down south through Central and South America, see if you know your Belize from your Brazil and your Dominica from your Dominican Republic. Take the quiz and see!

William Walker: The American Mercenary Who Named Himself President of Nicaragua

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Before being executed in 1860 for his misadventures, William Walker, known as a 'filibuster,' raised a private army and briefly installed himself as the president of Nicaragua.

Made in America: The Ridiculous History of 'OK'

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The fad for abbreviations like LOL is nothing new. In fact, this trend in the 1840s spawned the greatest abbreviation of all, "OK."

How Mexican Traditions Work

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Many Mexican traditions go back for hundreds of years. Read about Mexican traditional food, clothing, music and more at HowStuffWorks.

What happens to chimps used in medical research?

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Chimpanzee research dates back to the 1920s with Robert Yerkes. Learn what happens in chimpanzee research and why some countries ban the practice.

The John Wayne Quiz

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Feast your eyes upon "The Duke", the greatest cowboy actor who ever lived. But just how much do you know about the legend that is John Wayne. Saddle up and let's find out!

How Accents Work

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How do accents develop and why is it so hard to lose one? Learn all about accents from HowStuffWorks.

The Ultimate Country Outline Quiz!

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Every country has a shape, and we might have seen what they look like on maps during geography class, would you be able to identify them if you were shown their outline? Take this quiz to find out!

Holland vs. Netherlands: Tricky Naming for Different Places

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People often use the words Holland and the Netherlands interchangeably when talking about the country in Western Europe. Are the two places the same?

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