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"It's a mystery why ya pissed at me, but Button Gwinnett will make history" cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-…
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The mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Calvert Vaux, 120 years ago today: bit.ly/1PCaIbN – at Manhattan, NY
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Fascinating new @SurprisingShow talks about cement's crazy role in early civilization gimletmedia.com/episode/3-co…
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Divers discover Hydrus, 102-year-old shipwreck in Lake Huron. smithmag.co/1OVKnY
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The always riveting @clockersprice describes the rise and fall of public housing in NYC: guernicamag.com/features/the…
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The time Alan Turing epically burned AT&T newyorker.com/magazine/2006/…
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.@DorisKGoodwin shares what we can learn from past American presidents ted.com/talks/doris_kearns_g…
The entrance to King Tut's tomb was discovered on this day in 1922
1934: From the FBI's famous cases, Bonnie & Clyde, who were believed to have killed 13 fbi.gov/about-us/history/fam…
The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of jaywalking vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/ja… by @josephstromberg
1822 Manhattan had a CORPSE PROBLEM atlasobscura.com/articles/th…
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From @MissedinHistory podcast, the legal war between Good Humor and Popsicle: missedinhistory.com/podcasts…
Awesome illustrated history of Johnny Appleseed, real person, by Paul Buhle & @NoahVanSciver newrepublic.com/article/1222…
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The story behind the Halloween hit The Monster Mash billboard.com/articles/chart… by @steviegpro
This documentary from 1988 traced the history of Nightmare on Elm Street youtube.com/watch?v=_g3FIjeC…
How the White House has celebrated Halloween 1950-now. whitehousehistory.org/press-… from @WhiteHouseHstry