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Jul121 day agoThe NASA space program likely wouldn't be what it is today without the work Hugh Dryden did before NASA even existed.
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Jul103 days agoDespite growing up in a convent and coming very close to taking religious vows as a nun, Catalina de Erauso wound up living a life of danger and adventure.
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Jul051 week agoIn the early 18th century, an engraver-turned-artist made his mark on the art world by producing satirical prints in series that commented on morality and society. And some of his work is used toda...
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Jul031 week agoIt's time for another mid-year edition of Unearthed! The show covers new information about the Lions of Tsavo, H.H. Holmes and Ötzi.
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Jun282 weeks agoThe Eastland disaster was one of the deadliest maritime disasters in American history. In this case, safety regulations actually made things worse.
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Jun262 weeks agoThis much-beloved flower predates mankind, and it's a little difficult to track our early relationship with cultivating it.
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Jun213 weeks agoAnimals and humans have been living together for centuries, but standardized veterinary care developed over a long period of time.
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Jun194 weeks agoIn 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio caught fire, not for the first time, but for the last time.
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Jun141 month agoThe extinction of the wren is often attributed to a single cat, but there's more to the story.
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Jun121 month agoMost people know Wonder Woman as an embodiment of truth and justice, but don't know much about the comic's earlier years or its creator.
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Jun071 month agoRiel was labeled both a traitor and a hero in his time. His leadership in the Red River Rebellion led to the establishment of Manitoba.
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Jun051 month agoAustralian Kellerman gets a lot of the credit for developing the women's one-piece bathing suit, but she was also a competitive swimmer and film star.
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May311 month agoAs a naturalist illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian helped dispel many entomological myths and improved the scientific study of insects and plants.
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May291 month agoIn the late 18th century, Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, abandoned their life in Irish society and made a home for themselves in Wales.
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May242 months agoThe Scopes Trial played out in Dayton, Tennessee, in the summer of 1925. It all stemmed from a state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
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May222 months agoOver the course of several days in 1934, Adolf Hitler eliminated all of his political enemies, enabling him to declare himself Fuhrer.
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May172 months agoIn addition to being an astronomer, Copernicus was also a mathematician, a doctor, and wrote a manuscript on devaluation of currency.
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May152 months agoThis installment of our impossible episodes series features a set of stories that are all about front-line heroism. Most of them are listener requests.
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May102 months agoIn his most brazen prank, Cole schemed to gain access to the HMS Dreadnought by getting his friends to pretend they were Abyssinian royalty.
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May082 months agoAfter a protracted, contentious relationship with Philadelphia police, the MOVE organization's home was bombed in 1985.