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  1. 43 minutes ago

    ✅ Quiz: Can you name the that hold the Rosetta Stone, the Spirit of St. Louis, and Michelangelo's David? 🏛️

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Famously bad singer (portrayed on film last year by Meryl Streep) was born in 1868.

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  3. 3 hours ago

    The Irish potato famine killed about a million people. And it all started with a bit of mold.

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  4. 5 hours ago

    in 1848 the woman suffrage movement in the U.S. was launched with the opening of the Seneca Falls Convention.

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  5. 19 hours ago

    In 1972 a plane crashed in the Andes. When supplies ran out, the survivors resorted to cannibalism. New entry:

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  6. 23 hours ago

    It turns out that naked mole rats can go without oxygen for more than 18 minutes.

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  7. Jul 18

    Nelson Mandela, who fought for racial equality and became South Africa's 1st black president, was born in 1918.

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  8. Jul 18

    The name might seem like political commentary, but such names are determined years in advance.

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  9. Jul 18

    In some parts of the world, is considered a major art form akin to painting or sculpture.

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  10. Jul 18

    The design of the U.K.'s new £10 banknote, which features , has been controversial.

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  11. Jul 18

    Celebrated author died 200 years ago . In honor of the anniversary, we wrote a quiz.

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  12. Jul 17

    How important was George Romero in defining the modern zombie? Our zombie entry mentions him in the first paragraph.

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  13. Jul 17

    Russia's last royal family was executed in 1918. For years there were rumors that one of them survived.

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    Jul 17

    Are you looking forward to this weekend? Here's the behind the movie.

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  15. Jul 17

    Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal, has died of cancer at age 40.

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    Jul 17

    Trending: beach grass (genus Ammophila). Learn some beach botany while you sunbathe!

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  17. Jul 17

    It's often said that we use only a very small portion of our brain. But actual brain scans tell a different story.

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    Jul 17

    in 1917 the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas became the Windsors, courtesy of George V. And anti-German sentiment.

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  19. Jul 17

    The world's largest collection of seeds is secured on an island in the Arctic Ocean.

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  20. Jul 17

    Zany comedian Phyllis Diller, one of the first female stand-up comics, was born 100 years ago today.

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