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Banana Republics
At the dawn of the 20th century, as the United States emerged from its own internal struggles and territorial expansions, it began to cast a long sha…
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President's Daughter
President Warren G. Harding, the 29th POTUS, had many corruption scandals that tainted his presidency back in the 1920s. Yet, apart from the textbook…
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History of IQ Tests
The Intelligence Quotient, or IQ, arose from a convergence of scientific curiosity, educational reform, and darker impulses of the 20th century. Its …
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The House of David
Members of the House of David religious community did not know when Jesus Christ would return to Earth, but they were certain that it would happen in…
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Conversations: Future Presidents who Fought in WWII, w/ Steven Gillon
Peter and Steve speak about his career, time with the History Channel, and his newest release, Presidents at War: How World War II Shaped a Generatio…
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Typhoid Mary
There were hundreds, no, thousands, of typhoid carriers in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. Yet, only one of them was labeled a menace …
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Rough Riders
When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, a spirited group of volunteers from diverse walks of life banded together to form one of the most le…
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Stealing Lincoln's Body
In what seems like a tale straight out of a historical thriller, there was once a real and sinister plan to steal the body of Abraham Lincoln, one of…
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Duke of Russia's Buffalo Hunt
In January 1872, one of the most extravagant diplomatic and cultural exchanges of the 19th century took place on the vast plains of Nebraska: Grand D…
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Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 (50 years ago this month) marked a dramatic and chaotic end to the Vietnam War, culminating in the capture of So…
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