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Where are they now? People in the news we forgot all about

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Powerful photos of women entering the workforce

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The media has been the biggest enemy to politicians since Boss Tweed

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The true horror story behind one of horror’s most iconic scenes

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As if she wasn’t already incredible enough, Eleanor Roosevelt was an Olympic Bobsledder

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Coco Chanel grew up in severe poverty, and it turned her into a millionaire

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The unreal story behind Lynyrd Skynyrd’s name

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Quiz: Are you a true baby boomer?

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Think the Kardashians are interesting? Get a load of ‘poor little rich girl’ Barbara Hutton

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The craziest thing that ever happened at Studio 54

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The soul-crushing story behind the final official casualty of WWI

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So, Christopher Columbus isn’t as great as elementary school makes him out to be

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One New Hampshire county tried being its own separate country

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Anarchists took over Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War

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King James IV’s love of language led to a shocking experiment

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One deserted island in Brazil was turned into its own principality

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Lisa Frank’s long-lasting technicolor popularity

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A literal riot broke out over the first top hat ever worn, and the reasons why are absolutely ridiculous

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The busiest hitman in mafia history: The ‘Iceman’

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Meet the most beautiful women of the last century

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This 1950s science kit for kids came with real uranium

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Emmett Till was brutally murdered 63 years ago— here’s why it’s still relevant today

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How Portugal’s first serial killer wound up with his head in a jar

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How the movie “Troy” doesn’t even come close to history’s real events

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“Would you be my neighbor?” How Mr. Rogers’s show helped a generation of children

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January 13, 1968: Johnny Cash delivers famous performance inside Folsom State Prison

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January 12, 1998: Nineteen European countries jointly ban human cloning

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January 11, 1922: Insulin used to treat diabetes patient for first time

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January 10, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes ‘Common Sense’

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January 9, 2007: Steve Jobs unveils the first ever iPhone

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January 8, 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson declares “War on Poverty”

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