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Design, Engineering & Technology

Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam

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Social Studies

The dark history of Mount Rushmore

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Social Studies

How one of the most profitable companies in history rose to power

888,527 Views

Psychology

Can stereotypes ever be good?

651,737 Views

Science & Technology

Why do your jeans wear out so quickly?

365,170 Views

Social Studies

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

2,487,605 Views

Social Studies

Why the US Army tried to exterminate the bison

1,659,952 Views

Social Studies

Ruby Bridges: The child who defied a mob and desegregated her school

491,584 Views

Literature & Language

The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death

2,043,881 Views

Literature & Language

The Norse myth that inspired “The Lord of the Rings”

3,067,365 Views

Science & Technology

The human back is a design disaster

1,625,512 Views

Social Studies

Why are scientists obsessed with the Black Sea?

471,600 Views

Social Studies

What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush?

1,053,788 Views

Literature & Language

The surprising origins of the word “lesbian”

774,334 Views

Social Studies

The forgotten queen of Egypt

1,247,077 Views

The Arts

The secrets of the world’s most famous symphony

1,767,136 Views

Mathematics

The simplest math problem no one can solve

43,624,800 Views

Linguistics

What makes a language... a language?

807,043 Views

History

The rise and fall of the Lakota Empire

617,481 Views

Social Studies

The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich

589,530 Views

Science & Technology

Why are we warm-blooded?

2,442,680 Views

Science & Technology

Is this the most successful animal ever?

520,496 Views

Social Studies

The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp

312,897 Views

History

The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Man

1,188,406 Views