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That Time Dick Cheney Shot His Friend in the Face with a Shotgun

That Time Dick Cheney Shot His Friend in the Face with a Shotgun

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On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy first announced the United States’ intention to put a man on the moon during a speech on the football field of Rice University in Houston
President John F. Kennedy at Rice University, September 12, 1962 NASA photo archive
On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy first announced the United States’ intention to put a man on the moon during a speech on the football field of Rice University in Houston
Why Ben & Jerry’s Started Making All Those Special Celebrity Flavors

Why Ben & Jerry’s Started Making All Those Special Celebrity Flavors

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In 1948, Harry Truman commissioned a full renovation of the rapidly deteriorating White House. By 1950, only its shell remained standing. For the four years it took to complete it, he lived at Blair House on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue
The Shell of the White House During Renovation, May 17, 1950 Photograph by Abbie Rowe. Harry S. Truman Library (NLHST), National Archives.
In 1948, Harry Truman commissioned a full renovation of the rapidly deteriorating White House. By 1950, only its shell remained standing. For the four years it took to complete it, he lived at Blair House on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue
Sergeant Stubby

Sergeant Stubby

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The PG-13 Rating was Steven Spielberg's Idea

The PG-13 Rating was Steven Spielberg's Idea

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18-year-old Mary Shelley wrote her first draft of Frankenstein as an entry for an informal ghost story competition between her, her husband Percy Shelley, the poet Lord Byron, and the English writer John Polidori while they were vacationing together in Lake Geneva
Title Page, Frankenstein, First Edition
18-year-old Mary Shelley wrote her first draft of Frankenstein as an entry for an informal ghost story competition between her, her husband Percy Shelley, the poet Lord Byron, and the English writer John Polidori while they were vacationing together in Lake Geneva
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On December 7, 1963, the very first instant replay - thought up by CBS producer Tony Verna - ran during a broadcast sporting event just after a rushing touchdown was scored in the late 4th quarter of what annual college football rivalry game?
Construction of The Pentagon began on September 11, 1941, and was all finished by January 1943, just 16 months later. Right in the middle of World War II. It was the largest office building in the world by area from then until 2023, when it was based by New Dehli’s Surat Diamond Bourse
The Pentagon Under Construction, July 1, 1942 United States Army, Department of Defense.
Construction of The Pentagon began on September 11, 1941, and was all finished by January 1943, just 16 months later. Right in the middle of World War II. It was the largest office building in the world by area from then until 2023, when it was based by New Dehli’s Surat Diamond Bourse
That Time the Florida Keys Tried to Become its Own Country

That Time the Florida Keys Tried to Become its Own Country

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Smokey the Bear Was Created to Replace Bambi

Smokey the Bear Was Created to Replace Bambi

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In 1979, three years before the movie was ultimately released, Steven Spielberg originally met the woman who would later write the screenplay for the sci-fi classic ET: The Extra Terrestrial, Melissa Mathison, while she was visiting her then-boyfriend on the Tunisian set of what iconic movie?
In the early days of its assembly, the Statue of Liberty’s head was exhibited by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi at the 1878 Paris World’s Fair to help raise the money needed to complete the project
Head of the Statue of Liberty on Exhibit, Paris World’s Fair, 1878 Photograph by Albert Fernique. New York Public Library.
In the early days of its assembly, the Statue of Liberty’s head was exhibited by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi at the 1878 Paris World’s Fair to help raise the money needed to complete the project