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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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Social Studies

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

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Social Studies

Why the US Army tried to exterminate the bison

1,652,435 Views

Social Studies

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

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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?

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Literature & Language

The surprising origins of the word “lesbian”

768,517 Views

Social Studies

The forgotten queen of Egypt

1,238,099 Views

The Arts

The secrets of the world’s most famous symphony

1,756,755 Views

Mathematics

The simplest math problem no one can solve

43,136,611 Views

Linguistics

What makes a language... a language?

799,837 Views

History

The rise and fall of the Lakota Empire

611,009 Views

Social Studies

The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp

308,935 Views

History

The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Man

1,182,306 Views

Social Studies

History's deadliest king

1,639,900 Views

Social Studies

The dark history of the Chinese Exclusion Act

1,141,587 Views

Social Studies

How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis

2,014,952 Views

Social Studies

Why was India split into two countries?

4,013,476 Views

Social Studies

What few people know about the program that "saved" America

556,005 Views

Social Studies

A brief history of toilets

5,487,502 Views

Literature & Language

"I Am Anne Frank" read by Brad Meltzer and Saul Dreier

100,858 Views

Health

Ugly History: The U.S. Syphilis Experiment

652,908 Views

Social Studies

A day in the life of the Oracle of Delphi

1,252,943 Views