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78Republican Party Roots
Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican President, but few people would call Lincoln a conservative. So how did his party--the GOP--become the party supported by big business, the religious right, and...
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73Guillotined by The Third Reich: Helmut Hirsch
In the overwhelming death tolls of Hitler's concentration camps, the single execution of one young man gets easily overlooked. Helmut Hirsch died in 1937, before World War II broke out. He left no descendants....
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81Seven Wonders Of Arizona (and a few extra)
The Arizona Republic newspaper (out of Phoenix) published a list of seven 'must-see' wonders of the state, as voted by its readership. Actually, it lists 20 man-made wonders, with a focus on the top seven. ...
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78Ben Franklin's Inventions: Famous and Not
Ben Franklin had a knack. That's how Orson Scott Card described him in his alt-history series, The Tales of Alvin Maker. In those books, Franklin was acknowledged a true wizard. In real history. . . he's...
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79Gladiators: The Facts
Greeks say the Etruscans (the ancient tribe in Tuscany) started the games, but there's no physical evidence of that. As far as scholars can tell, small scale gladiatorial combat was the standard entertainment...
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75The Real Mrs. Cubbison of Stuffing Fame
If you've ever enjoyed a holiday feast in America, you've probably tasted Mrs. Cubbison's dressing. A real person stood behind that dressing. Sophie Huchting was born in 1890 in San Marcos, California--part of...
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78Innovative and Weird Products
Pocket urinals, skinned anchovies, compact watering cans, a shredder and moleskine notebooks . . . quick, bookmark this page! You might want to order early to avoid the holiday rush. Pocket urinals. Yup, no...
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75Nosferatu: A Classic Vampire Movie
By the time Bela Lugosi pronounced "Good Evening," in his sonorous, Hungarian voice, vampires were well-known to movie goers. The first vampire movie based on Bram Stoker's horror-filled book, Dracula, was the...
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80Ripples of Racism: Scottsboro Boys
Genarlow Wilson's case sits before Georgia's Supreme Court. Check out the latest on CNN.com or your favorite news station. Are there racist undertones to his case? How could there not be? Racism is not...
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79Hatshepsut: A Fat Egyptian! Yeah!
CT scans identify the mummy of femme Pharaoh Hatshepsut, who ruled during the 18th dynasty--roughly 1502 to 1482 B.C. This is big news. A story was in the Los Angeles Times this morning. Reuters reports it as...
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