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The U.S. military is developing hypersonic weapons capable of traveling faster than Mach 5, but some of its most impressive […]
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Every state has its bright spots, from major cities and national parks to historic landmarks. But every state also has […]
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History is full of stories that still do not have clean answers. Some records were lost, some were never written […]
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The Old West has been elevated into a legendary era of high noon showdowns and quick draw matches. Dime novels […]
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Golf has inspired generations of players not just through dramatic tournaments and legendary performances but also through the wisdom, humor, […]
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Few decades have been as ridiculed for their fashion as the 1980s. Shoulder pads big enough to get stuck on […]
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When people think of the nuclear arms race, they typically picture mushroom clouds, ballistic missiles, and world leaders locked in […]
Everyone has at least one song they claim to hate until it comes on in the car. Maybe you roll […]
We love innovation. New products solve old problems and slowly change the world. But some things don’t really need it. […]
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History is easy to underestimate until you realize how much of the modern world was shaped by decisions made decades […]
Video game endings were leaving a mark on players long before the medium fully embraced cinematic storytelling. Even in the […]
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American malls in the 1990s felt like their own little world. There was the music store near the food court, […]
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Some movies leave no room for argument. The story ends, the credits roll, and everything is tied up neatly enough […]
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Sometimes, it is hard to pinpoint exactly what a city has lost. The buildings are still there, the streets still […]
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Sometimes, all it takes is one trip abroad to realize just how unusual everyday American life can be. Things that […]
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Few groups of leaders have left a greater mark on world history than America’s Founding Fathers. Their words helped justify […]
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History has a way of smoothing over its own rough edges. A polished version of history is simply easier to […]
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There is a very specific kind of fatigue that comes from hearing the same song too many times. It usually […]
History is often explained in terms of forces so overwhelming that they seem to shape events regardless of individual influence. […]
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Baseball has always been a game of memorable moments, but some of its greatest legacies have come not from home […]
American history gets taught for years in schools across the U.S. Textbooks, standardized testing, civics courses, the works. But we […]
America has always been a land known for taking in people from all over the world. People bring their traditions […]
Many of history’s most important ancient documents survived only because of extraordinary circumstances. Some were hidden in desert caves, others […]
Throughout the years, scientists have gotten a fair number of things wrong. Confidently wrong, and for decades on end. Textbook […]
One of the biggest reasons the United States Marine Corps remains such a dominant fighting force is that its strength […]
Natural disasters are often remembered for the destruction they leave behind, but their long-term impact is frequently measured by something […]
There’s something a lot of America’s most notorious crime bosses have in common. Gangsters who seemed completely untouchable, men who […]
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Across the United States, some small towns continue to struggle with limited job options, low household incomes, and economic challenges […]
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Few things frustrate TV fans more than investing years into a series only to watch it disappear without a real […]
Final bosses are where video games deliver their last real test. After hours of learning the controls, mastering the mechanics, […]
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During the height of the Space Race, space exploration occupied a much larger place in American culture and education. Millions […]
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The digital revolution for audio has been a blessing. You’ve got access to lossless, pristine audio with your smartphone. It […]
If you grew up from the 1960s to the 1990s, you looked forward to Saturday morning cartoons. Every weekend, millions […]
You likely remember the Cold War as a binary sort of conflict, between the Soviet Union and the United States, […]
The Cold War was an era marked by existential dread, brinksmanship, and an unyielding arms race. Public focus centered on […]
War has been part of human history for thousands of years. Some of the earliest recorded conflicts took place in […]
Many everyday objects feel so ordinary that we rarely think about their beginnings. We use them at home, wear them […]
There was a time when traveling across America came with a few perks that did not feel like perks at […]
Few commanders in history have left a legacy as significant as Napoleon Bonaparte. Rising from a relatively obscure artillery officer […]
Long before the United States became a global superpower, ships connected the young nation to the wider world. They carried […]
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The Wild West has a mythology problem. Not a small one. That period, which spans the years from about 1865 […]
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Law enforcement officials estimate that tens of thousands of gangs are active across the United States, ranging from neighborhood street […]
The space race was marketed as a battle of geopolitics. Two superpowers, one moon, and a whole lot of national […]
Winning the World Cup is football’s ultimate achievement, but championships alone do not tell the entire story. Some nations captured […]
Volcanoes are some of the most powerful natural forces on Earth, capable of reshaping entire regions in a matter of […]
Weapons technology has never stood still for long. Every major era of warfare has been shaped by new tools that […]
Growing up in the 1990s meant watching the future arrive in awkward, noisy, unforgettable pieces. One minute, you were rewinding […]
Gun lore isn’t immune to myths, and like all myths, they tend to be just plain wrong. Calibers are discredited […]
For most of human history, travel was slow, expensive, and often dangerous. Crossing a continent could take weeks, while crossing […]
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A rifle fights wars. A pistol settles the question of who gets to leave a bad situation alive. That’s what […]
