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On this date in 1975, the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. Here are some things you may not have known about the ship and its sinking. When it was launched, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. It was built to the maximum size for the St. Lawrence Seaway: 729 feet long, with a […]

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On this date in 1906, Theodore Roosevelt became the first American president to travel outside the United States while in office. Here are some facts you may not have known about presidential travel. Roosevelt visited Panama to inspect the construction of the Panama Canal. Of the 17 days spent out of the country, 14 of them were in transit to […]

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  Today is Election Day in the United States. Here are some things you may not have known about presidential elections. First off, voters aren’t really voting for candidates, they’re voting for electors. Those electors will assemble in each of the state capitals in December and submit their votes for president. The electors are usually pledged to vote for the […]

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On this date in 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in a windstorm. Here are some things you may not have known about the bridge known as Galloping Gertie. The Tacoma Narrows, is, as its name would imply, a narrow strait in the southern Puget Sound between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state. Efforts to bridge the Narrows […]

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On this date in 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen. Here are some things you may not have known about King Tut. Tutankhamen’s gene pool didn’t exactly have a deep end. He was born around 1341 BC , his father was the pharaoh Akhenaten and his mother was one of Akhenaten’s sisters. His original name […]

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70 years ago today, a man and his goat were kicked out of a World Series baseball game, which some believe led to one of the great curses in sports history. Here are a few facts you may not have known about the Curse of the Billy Goat. Chicago bar owner Billy Sianis , who immigrated to the United States […]

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On this date in 1954, the first Godzilla movie premiered in Japan. Here are some things you may not of known about it. Toho, the company that produced Godzilla, was originally slated to do a movie about the Japanese occupation of Indonesia. However due to a breakdown in relations between the two countries, the project was shelved. Seeking a new […]

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On this date in 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states in the US. Here are six things you may not have known about the Dakotas. The states were admitted at the same time, but because North Dakota comes before South Dakota in the alphabet, North Dakota is considered the 39th state. The Dakotas’ admission […]

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On this date in 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America introduced its first rating system. Here are 10 things you may not have known about movie ratings. The rating system replaced what was popularly known as the Hays Code, which was a moral code established in 1922 to avoid government censorship. The Hays Code effectively banned profanity, nudity, depiction […]

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On this date in 1923, the town of Marble Bar, Australia, began a record-setting streak of 160 days with a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Here are some things you may not have known about temperature extremes around the world. Marble Bar, which is located in northwestern Australia, has an average maximum temperature above normal human body temperature […]

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