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On This Day In History – April 4, 1949
On April 4, 1949, Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the foreign ministers of Canada, and 10 Western European nations (Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland,…
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Who Were The Khmer Rouge And What Did They Do?
The Khmer Rouge was a communist revolutionary government in Cambodia in the mid/late 70’s. It was founded by a group of largely western-educated Cambodians who entirely…
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Everything You Wanted To Know About Eunuchs
Game of Thrones fans may first think of Varys or the Unsullied army when the word eunuch is said, but there are many real life examples…
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This photo—taken at the turn of the century—shows Jack Daniel (in the white hat) seated next to George Green, the son of Nathan “Nearest” Green who…
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Immigrants who passed the first mental inspection wait in pens in the Registry Room, also called the Great Hall at Ellis Island in New York Harbor,…
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Bagpipers were usually the first ones out of the trenches when it was time to fight; playing as they lead the soldiers into each battle in…
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A Prussian Landwehrmann tanning rat skins in a dugout, WWI A Prussian Landwehrmann tanning rat skins in a dugout, WWI. The trench soldier of WWI had…
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How Did Prohibition Ever Gain Enough Support To Become Law?
1) Because of the Second Great Awakening (1790-1840) and the Third Great Awakening (1850-1900), the American people became increasingly religious (yes, that’s possible), and the religious…
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Olive Oatman was captured by Native Americans in Arizona in 1851, and integrated into a Mojave tribe. She was given her (blue) tattoo to ensure her…
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Barnum & Bailey Circus’Sideshow performer Stephan Bibrowski, also known as Lionel the Lion-Faced Man. Stephan Bibrowski was born in Bielsk, Poland in 1890 with stunning blonde…