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2.3KA Brief, Mostly Nonmusical History of Baked Beans
Do not mess with a New Englander over the proper way to cook baked beans. You soak them, you parboil them, you...
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2.3KJohn Revelstoke Rathom, the Phony Who Propagandized the U.S. Into War
It was November 1915, and the Great War in Europe was in its second year. But the German ambassador to the United...
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6.0KCaptain Cook’s Endeavour, World-Famous Ship, Scuttled in Newport Harbor and Forgotten
On Feb. 3, 2022, Americans probably wondered why an argument broke out between Australian and American maritime experts over the possible discovery...
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4.9KCharley Parkhurst, the Gold Rush Legend With a Secret Identity
On Dec. 18, 1879, a short, stocky rancher named Charley Parkhurst lay dying in his two-room cabin in Santa Cruz County, Calif.....
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5.6KIndians Loaned Their Words to English. Now They Want Their Languages Back.
New England Indians loaned many words and place names to the American English language. Now some of them are getting their own...
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