New York City wasn’t always the gleaming skyscraper hub that it is now. In 1624, the Dutch settled along the Hudson River…
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Historical
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Alcohol can be a tricky experience. Drink enough and it can make almost any event more fun and memorable. Drink too much…
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Cultural and historical artifacts are a crucial part of the story of human civilization, as they provide rare glimpses into different time…
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We all know about the Titanic. Most of us remember the Lusitania. Some of us sang about the Edmund Fitzgerald. But those…
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Finding out with absolute certainty what happened hundreds or even thousands of years ago is an almost impossible task. Scholars try their…
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It is surprisingly easy for historical myths to become historical facts because oftentimes people will prefer the version of a story that…
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Given how many humans have existed in the world and how many events and incidents, both big and small, happen every day,…
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Being royalty or nobility comes with a lot of obvious perks, such as money and power, but there is no escaping death.…
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We envision the history of our cities to be a step-by-step sequence of accomplishments, from small settlements to towns to the sprawling…
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There’s a famous episode of The Simpsons in which Bart gets a job as Krusty’s assistant on his TV show and proceeds…