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Pennsylvania is missing an N In 1751 , Pennsylvania statesman Isaac Norris placed an order to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London for...

The fruits and vegetables we buy at the supermarket today often look very different from the produce of centuries past. Some 10,000 years...

I “Ivy League” is a term that evokes images of the hallowed vine-covered walls of some of the most elite educational institutions in the...

Frank Capra’s 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life is a certified American classic . The story follows George Bailey (James Stewart), a...

The phrase evolved from a line in the 1595 romance work, Piers Plainnes Seaven Yeres Prentiship . Author Henry Chettle wrote, “nip thy...

The modern airplane is an airborne chariot made of steel. We’re so used to these impressive machines ferrying passengers, mail, and...

Generations of Americans have been gathering to celebrate Thanksgiving for hundreds of years, sharing holiday stories and trivia around...

Today, riding an elevator is a mundane activity, but little more than two centuries ago, these mechanical contraptions were...

Sunlight causes 1 in 4 people to sneeze Sunlight tends to be good for us. It helps our bodies create vitamin D and mood-lifting...

The U.S. and Canada share the longest land border in the world, and along any border that measures in the several-thousand-mile range,...

Following congressional passage of an "Act to provide a Naval Armament" in March 1794, shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys set about designing...

Hidden directly in front of the Washington Monument, encased in brick and tucked under a manhole cover, is another Washington Monument —...

For early Americans, fire was a feared necessity; it warmed homes, provided hot meals, and offered late-night reading light. But fire...

With great power comes great responsibility — and, in the case of the U.S. President, a slew of great perks, too. Among them? An...

As human space exploration has evolved, trips offworld have grown longer and longer. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin spent less than two hours in...

Each year, at the beginning of November, people in Mexico and many other parts of Latin America celebrate Día de los Muertos — the Day of...

Mona Lisa is not the name of the subject of that world famous painting. Not entirely, anyway. The subject of this early 16th-century...

Halloween has grown from its ancient, supernatural roots into a fun-filled night of candy , costumes, and (mostly) wholesome thrills. In...

No matter what face you carve into your Halloween pumpkin, it will probably be called the same thing: a jack-o’-lantern. But how did...

The cooler mornings, longer shadows, and jack-o’-lantern displays around town may get us thinking of the frights of Halloween, but the...