Picture Of The Day
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Diarrhea was the leading cause of death in the American Civil War. Soldiers had a code of honor to not shoot at anyone who was pooping.…
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Picture Of The Day
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Marriage advice from 1891. These pages were taken from a dime novel that was sold in NYC by the J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. It was recently…
Picture Of The Day
Picture of the Day
Unpacking Mona Lisa at the end of World War II, 1945 Hitler and his cronies had a wish list of works they planned to plunder from…
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Joe Carter, a African American man, prepares to face the Klan after trying to vote, picture was taken by Bob Adelman in 1964 Reverend Carter, expecting…
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Who Was Martin Luther? What Were His Main Contributions?
Martin Luther was a German monk and priest. He was a devout Christian. In 1507, he was ordained as a priest and in 1508 he began…
Picture Of The Day
Picture of the Day
This is widely believed to be the last ever photo taken of a Barbary Lion (a species now extinct). The picture was taken from on board…
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A CIA case officer is photographed at a dead drop location in Moscow, 1962 On November 2nd, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis was winding down. It…
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In 1908, Bertha Boronda was charged with "mayhem" — for slicing off her husband’s penis with a straight razor. Early in the morning on May 30th,…
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Picture of the Day
Veterans eat their meals in the dining hall of the National Soldiers’ Home, a facility for the care of disabled American veterans, many from the Civil…
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William Roentgen demonstrates X-ray machines in Omaha, 1898 In the late 19th century, X-rays set America’s imagination ablaze. Only three years after its discovery by William…