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How the 19th Century Invented Modern Christmas
The 1800s saw the birth of many of the Christmas customs, from Santa Claus to lights, that we know and love today.
How Is a 19th-century Obscenity Law Being Used to Ban the Abortion Pill?
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The Comstock Act is suddenly in the public spotlight, and has become the newest weapon in the fight against legal abortion in the U.S.
3 Types of Rocks Every Aspiring Geologist Should Know
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Rocks might look simple, but they tell an ancient story of Earth’s fiery depths, surface shifts and biological processes.
How the Ritchie Boys, Secret Refugee Infiltrators, Took on the Nazis
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The Ritchie Boys, many of them Jewish refugees, trained in the U.S. and returned to Europe to help defeat Hitler and the Nazis.
Railroad Expansion
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The railroad expansion of the middle and late 1800s changed America forever. Read more about the westward expansion of railroads.
Ridiculous History: Vitamin Donuts Were a Thing?
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A company marketed doughnuts as healthy and full of vitamins. Read the article to learn more about the vitamin doughnuts of the 1940s.
Quodpot or Quidditch? Wizarding Worlds Aren't All the Same
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The differences between the U.S. and Britain are many, but in the wizarding world of Harry Potter, they're even more pronounced.
What Do Alligators Eat? Pretty Much Anything They Want
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Alligators are some of nature’s oldest prehistoric predators. But what do alligators eat, and what is an alligator's natural prey?
How Photonics Masts Will Work
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The U.S. Navy's new subs will use photonics masts instead of periscopes. Learn how these imaging devices will work.
How the Panama Canal Makes Water Flow Uphill
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The Panama Canal has been one of the world's biggest engineering feats since it was built nearly by hand in the 1900s.