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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

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Psychology

Can stereotypes ever be good?

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Science & Technology

Why do your jeans wear out so quickly?

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Social Studies

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

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Social Studies

Why the US Army tried to exterminate the bison

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Social Studies

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

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Literature & Language

The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death

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Literature & Language

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

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Science & Technology

The human back is a design disaster

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Social Studies

Why are scientists obsessed with the Black Sea?

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Social Studies

What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush?

1,053,559 Views

Literature & Language

The surprising origins of the word “lesbian”

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Social Studies

The forgotten queen of Egypt

1,246,902 Views

The Arts

The secrets of the world’s most famous symphony

1,766,919 Views

Mathematics

The simplest math problem no one can solve

43,617,984 Views

Linguistics

What makes a language... a language?

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History

The rise and fall of the Lakota Empire

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Social Studies

The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich

589,435 Views

Science & Technology

Why are we warm-blooded?

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Science & Technology

Is this the most successful animal ever?

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Social Studies

The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp

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History

The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Man

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