By now, even casual history buffs are familiar with Dallas’s Dealey Plaza on the afternoon of November 23, 1963. JFK next to…
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Many inventions and discoveries perceived to be modern phenomena have been with us for a very long time. One sometimes stands in…
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Finding treasure—who wouldn’t want to do that? We’ve all heard about treasure hunters diving among sunken ships or adventurers seeking hidden gold…
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Meetings are not usually interesting. Anybody who has worked an office job knows that there are far too many of them. Some…
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They say “hindsight is 20/20.” As with some clichés, this one couldn’t be more true when it comes to some people’s attitude…
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From the late 1960s until the late 1990s, Northern Ireland was a killing field, one whose tentacles often extended to the Republic…
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Contrary to popular belief not all wars took years to come to a conclusion. In fact some took minutes, days and even…
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Riots have occurred in many places for many reasons, but they are often sparked by serious and significant situations, circumstances, or events:…
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Two of the names on this list are well-known. However, the others are lesser-known but no less as important. All these inventions,…
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There are many heroes of the American Revolution, some of them near mythological figures, such as Molly Pitcher, Paul Revere, and Nathan…