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The British Royal Family Changed Their Name During WWI Because it Sounded Too German

The British Royal Family Changed Their Name During WWI Because it Sounded Too German

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How We (Most Likely) Got 6 Familiar Idioms and Phrases

How We (Most Likely) Got 6 Familiar Idioms and Phrases

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Why There Are Snakes in All Those Medical Symbols

Why There Are Snakes in All Those Medical Symbols

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At Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration on March 4, 1861, the U.S. Capitol dome was still under construction. The project was led by future Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who was the secretary of war at the time
First Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861 Architect of the Capitol
At Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration on March 4, 1861, the U.S. Capitol dome was still under construction. The project was led by future Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who was the secretary of war at the time
Daily VaultBooks and Art
According to its creator and author Suzanne Collins, the inspiration behind the original concept of what ultra-popular young adult book series – adapted into four movies from 2012-2018 – came after a night of channel surfing between reality TV shows and cable news coverage of the ongoing Iraq War?
Lady Gaga Got Her Stage Name from a Queen Song

Lady Gaga Got Her Stage Name from a Queen Song

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Mount Rushmore was given its name in 1885 after New York lawyer Charles E. Rushmore, who’d first visited South Dakota’s Black Hills on a mining expedition a decade earlier. He never had a relationship to any of the presidents it memorializes
Mount Rushmore Before Construction, 1905 National Park Service
Mount Rushmore was given its name in 1885 after New York lawyer Charles E. Rushmore, who’d first visited South Dakota’s Black Hills on a mining expedition a decade earlier. He never had a relationship to any of the presidents it memorializes
That Time Winston Churchill Escaped from a POW Camp

That Time Winston Churchill Escaped from a POW Camp

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Daily VaultMisfit
In October of 1984, so goes the company lore, ‘Papa John’ Schattner started his now-ubiquitous, namesake pizza chain when he set up, in the back room of a tavern owned by his father, a series of pizza ovens he bought using $1600 he made from selling a 1971 model of what iconic ‘pony car,’ originally released in 1967 as a direct rival to the Ford Mustang?
Da Vinci’s subject was, centuries after it was completed, revealed to be Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo
Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503–1506 Musée du Louvre, Paris
Da Vinci’s subject was, centuries after it was completed, revealed to be Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo
Thomas Nast’s 1881 cartoon ‘Merry Old Santa Claus’ helped standardize the modern image of Santa Claus as a bearded, fur-clad figure in winter attire
Thomas Nast, ‘Merry Old Santa Claus,’ 1881 Published in Harper’s Weekly.
Thomas Nast’s 1881 cartoon ‘Merry Old Santa Claus’ helped standardize the modern image of Santa Claus as a bearded, fur-clad figure in winter attire
That Time Someone Threw A Live Hand Grenade at George W. Bush

That Time Someone Threw A Live Hand Grenade at George W. Bush

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In May 1958, student protesters near the National University of San Marcos in Lima threw stones at the motorcade of U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon during a goodwill tour of Peru
San Francisco Chronicle, May 9, 1958
In May 1958, student protesters near the National University of San Marcos in Lima threw stones at the motorcade of U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon during a goodwill tour of Peru