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A history of hats in the House Jan 23, 2019

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In the early days of the House, some congresspeople thought hats had no place atop the heads of representatives debating the great issues of the day. Hats, they argued, weren’t dignified.

The last person to set foot on the moon Jan 22, 2019

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When Eugene Cernan walked on the moon, he didn’t know he’d be the last astronaut to make the journey.

How Martin Luther King Jr. got his name Jan 21, 2019

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The name on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth certificate was not Martin. Nor did the document include the middle name Luther.

Tenure for life Jan 18, 2019

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When Alexander Hamilton argued in favor of lifetime tenures for Supreme Court justices, he probably didn’t foresee them living past their prime.

The hatchet wielding leader of the anti-alcohol movement Jan 17, 2019

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More than a century ago, Carry Amelia Nation — hatchet in hand — chopped the country toward temperance.

A bridge of ice at Niagara Falls Jan 16, 2019

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Once upon a time, people walked between the U.S. and Canada over a frozen Niagara Falls. But one day, that all changed forever.

The only person Hitler loved Jan 15, 2019

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Adolf Hitler's mother may be the only person he genuinely cared for.

A history of the U.S.-Mexico border Jan 14, 2019

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For decades, the boundary between Mexico and the United States was little more than an imaginary line in the sand.

A presidential emergency that didn't end well Jan 11, 2019

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When a steel industry strike threatened military production during the Korean War, and Congress couldn’t come to an agreement, President Truman had a solution — declare a national emergency.

How Lego took over the toy world Jan 10, 2019

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Lego started as a company that made wooden toys, and grew into an empire of plastic building blocks.

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