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History
What is Urban Blight?
What is an Aqueduct?
What is the Difference Between the Mob and the Mafia?
What Is the Pear of Anguish?
How Successful Was Emperor Nero at the Olympic Games?
What is the History of the Chalkboard?
What is the Nobel Prize?
What is a Soothsayer?
What is the Oak Island Treasure Mystery?
What is a Safe House?
What is the History of Paper Towels?
What Do We Know About Neanderthal Family Life?
What is an Alive Day?
What is a Reform School?
What is a Tenement?
When Were Jingles First Used in Advertising?
How Did People Wake Up for Work Before Alarm Clocks?
What is Jacob's Ladder?
Has Anyone Ever Been Stripped of a Nobel Prize?
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
What Is a Trial by Fire?
What Was Unique About Harry Truman’s Military Service?
What is Blackwater USA?
What are Commemorative Stamps?
What is Agent Orange?
What is Espionage?
What is a Sarcophagus?
What is Friday the 13th?
What is a Shipwreck?
What are the Different Categories for Nobel Prizes?
Was Thomas Jefferson a Popular President?
Have Squirrels Always Been Welcome at the White House?
Has “Jingle Bells” Always Been a Christmas Song?
Was Abraham Lincoln the Most Popular Republican President?
Did All Women Support the Movement for Female Suffrage?
When Did Explorers First Encounter Antarctica?
How Do Historians Rate Former U.S. Presidents?
Which Country Was the First to Elect a Female Prime Minister?
Which U.S. State Has the Most Neighbors?
Has a Sitting U.S. President Ever Led Troops into Battle?
How Bad Was Unemployment During the Great Depression?
Why Is There a Spoon in Britain’s Crown Jewels?
Did Women Ever Fight as Gladiators in Ancient Rome?
What Made Betty Robinson's Olympic Comeback So Incredible?
What Tragic Life Experience Have Many U.S. Presidents Shared?
Who is the Zodiac Killer?
How Long Have Buses Been Used for Public Transportation?
Would St. Louis, Missouri, Make a Good National Capital?
What Did King Charles II Have Against Coffee?
Which European Capital Was Built Over Water?
Did Any Historical Love Stories Inspire the Movie “Titanic”?
Where Do Former Presidents Live After Leaving the White House?
When Did Humans Start Performing Ear Surgery?
What Was So Historic About Gertrude Ederle’s English Channel Swim?
How Did William Shakespeare Shape the English Language?
What’s Left of the Titanic in 2022?
Which Laws Are Different in International Waters?
Have There Always Been “Red States” and “Blue States”?
Which Empire Ruled Over the Biggest Proportion of the World’s Population?
What Was the Least Deadly Weapon in Military History?
Did Medieval Europeans Suffer for the Sake of Fashion?
What Animal Did Lord Byron Bring to Cambridge University as a Pet?
Did Everyone Accept That World War II Ended in 1945?
How Difficult Is It to Keep Lenin’s Body on Display?
How Is Notre-Dame Cathedral Changing?
When Did America Experience Its First Opioid Crisis?
What Happened Last Year in China for the First Time in 6 Decades?
Do All Public Transport Strikes Negatively Impact Passengers?
Has Anyone Walked All the Way Around the World?
How Has Breakfast Cereal Changed Since “Granula”?
Did the Lewis and Clark Expedition Have an Ulterior Motive?
Will the Origins of the Black Death Ever Be Understood?
Have People Always Respected Yellowstone’s Geysers?
Which Countries Have Received the Most Nobel Prizes?
What is Redlining?
What Was the Most Daring Escape from Slavery?
How Did WWII Fighter Pilots Use Their Planes Creatively?
How Did PEZ Candy Get Its Start?
Did Thomas Edison Have Any Failed Inventions?
How Did Harriet Tubman Help the Union During the Civil War?
Was Anyone Guarding Abraham Lincoln on the Night of His Assassination?
Why Was William the Conqueror’s Funeral Such a Disaster?
Does London Care About Preserving Its WWII Landmarks?
What Was So Distinctive About Vladimir Lenin’s English?
Which of the 13 Colonies Was Created to Repay a Debt?
What Makes It Difficult to Visit South Africa’s Capital?
How Accurate Were Pregnancy Tests in Ancient Egypt?
What Was the Cure for Hangovers in the Ancient World?
Did All of the Founding Fathers Revere the Bald Eagle?
Were All of Henry VIII’s Marriages Short-Lived?
What Did the Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley Assassinations Have in Common?
What Prompted the Pacific Clipper's Unplanned Round-the-World Flight?
Where Did the Term “Horsepower” Come From?
Which Popular Treat Was Accidentally Invented by an 11-Year-Old Boy?
How Bad Was “The Great Stink of 1858”?
How Powerful Was the Eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'Apai Volcano?
Which Sports Are No Longer Part of the Winter Olympics?
What’s So Scary About the Japanese Prime Minister’s Official Residence?
Which U.S. State Pioneered Women’s Suffrage?
Why Were Sperm Whales So Valuable in the 19th Century?
What Made January 1973 Such a Momentous Month in U.S History?
Was Teddy Roosevelt a Feminist?
Where Can You Visit the World’s Oldest Hotel?
Why Did Women Disguise Themselves as Men to Fight in the U.S. Civil War?
What Was the Most Controversial Part of Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee?
How Did Vasili Arkhipov Save the World in 1962?
Was Coal Always Popular as a Fuel Source?
How Did Music Help Reunite East and West Berlin?
What Happened to the “Friendly Floatees” in 1992?
What Was the Luckiest Flea Market Find?
Which Major City Was the First to Sync Its Traffic Lights?
How Much Did Prehistoric People Know About Surgery?
Was Ching Shih the Most Successful Pirate in History?
Did Any of Adolf Hitler’s Relatives Fight Against Him in World War II?
How Did Sleeping Arrangements Change in Victorian Times?
Why Was There a Need for “Coffin Torpedoes” in the 1800s?
What Happened After Slavery Was Abolished in the British Empire?
Were There Any Big Cities in the 13th Century?
Can You Run a Presidential Campaign from Prison?
Which Countries Were Banned from the 1948 Olympics?
Why Is Liverpool No Longer a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Has Pistol Dueling Ever Been a Recognized Sport?
Was Denmark's "Tollund Man" a Victim of Ritual Sacrifice?
How Did the Paralympics Get Their Start?
Why Does Turkey Have So Many Underground Cities?
Where Can You Visit Europe’s Oldest Pub?
Which Famous Literary Figure Originated the Sport of Open Water Swimming?
How Impressive Was the Wright Flyer’s First Flight?
How Did the Red Scare of the 1950s Impact Major League Baseball?
Have Jack-O’-Lanterns Always Been Made From Pumpkins?
How Effective Is Nonviolent Resistance at Bringing Change?
How Did the U.S. Wine Industry Survive Prohibition?
How Did the “Father of Canning” Revolutionize Food Preservation?
Why Was August 2nd an Important Date in American History?
Where Did the Idea of Paid Parental Leave Originate?
What’s So Special About Rome’s Pantheon?
What Was the Moment Like When Elizabeth II Became Queen?
What Was So Dangerous About the Dublin Whiskey Fire?
How Did the Wreck of the
Endurance
Survive in Such Good Condition?
Why Didn't the Vikings Stick Around in Greenland?
Which U.S. President Had the Most Presidential Relatives?
Was There an Equivalent of the Ancient Olympics for Women?
What Archaeological Finds Have Been Revealed by Europe’s Drought?
Is There a Treasure Worth $40 Million Buried in Rural Virginia?
Will Anyone Ever Decode the Final Message on the Kryptos Sculpture?
Which British Author Spied on the U.S. During World War II?
What Prompted LaMarcus Thompson to Invent the Roller Coaster?
What Was Auto Racing Like in the 1890s?
Is There Any Truth to the Story of “Moby-Dick”?
Where Does the Word “Deadline” Come From?
Did the 21st Amendment End Prohibition Everywhere?
What Was Buried Beneath Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Monument?
Is William Shakespeare to Blame for Any of America’s Invasive Species?
What Was the Strangest Plan to Defeat Adolf Hitler?
Which U.S. President Was the Most Accomplished Athlete?
What Was the Most Brutal Sport in the Ancient Olympics?
What Is the Legacy of the “Great Lego Spill”?
Which Founding Father Bankrolled the Revolutionary War?
What Made Thomas Jefferson Such a Financial Failure?
How Has Scotland Made Amends for Its Witchcraft Trials?
Who Was the First Woman to Hike the Appalachian Trail Alone?
How Has the College Admissions Process Changed Since 2020?
What Was a Visit to Disneyland Like in the 1950s?
What Happened to Afghanistan’s Leaders After the Taliban Took Over?
Was Jackie Robinson the First Black MLB Player?
How Big of a Drinker Was Tsar Peter the Great?
What Can We Learn from Prehistoric Chewing Gum?
What Strange Method Was Used to Predict the Weather in Victorian England?
What’s the Connection Between Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin?
Why Was Wearing Slacks to Court So Controversial in 1938?
How Did the Incas Keep Records Without a Writing System?
Have Roads Always Had a Line Painted Down the Center?
Why Did the Olympics Last for More Than 6 Months in 1908?
Which US President Popularized Baseball’s “Seventh Inning Stretch”?
What Was the Surprising Fate of Louis Chevrolet?
Was Charles Lindbergh the First Person to Fly Nonstop Across the Atlantic?
How Was First Daughter Alice Roosevelt Ahead of Her Time?
Why Is It So Difficult to Access Marie Curie’s Notebooks?
How Enormous Is the Statue of Liberty?
What Is the Smallest Country to Send Athletes to the Olympics?
Why Is a Marathon 26.2 Miles?
What Was Greenland Like 2 Million Years Ago?
What Is the Fascinating Life Story of the Oldest National Park Service Ranger?
How Recently Was Gender Testing Mandatory for Female Olympians?
Which British Monarch “Invented” Gingerbread Men?
What Made the Death of Edgar Allan Poe So Mysterious?
How Was Helen Keller Able to Fly a Plane in 1946?
What Was Humanity’s Life Expectancy for Most of History?
What Do the Vikings Have to Do with Wireless Technology?
What Was Jimmy Carter's Greatest Post-Presidency Accomplishment?
Which Road Is 19,000 Miles Long?
What Surprising Substance Helped Strengthen the Great Wall of China?
How Often Does the Eiffel Tower Get a Fresh Coat of Paint?
What Was Journalist Nellie Bly’s Most Dangerous Assignment?
Who Was the First Deafblind Person to Graduate From Harvard Law School?
Why Did European Authorities Destroy Over 2,300 Cans of Miller Beer?
What Physically Demanding Job Has Virginia Oliver Been Doing for 95 Years?
Which Popular Condiment Was Sold as a Medicine in the 1830s?
What Were Oscar Statuettes Made Out of During WWII?
Who Was the First Person to Hike the Appalachian Trail in a Single Season?
Why Did Early Humans Disappear from Europe for 200,000 Years?
Do the Kings in a Deck of Cards Represent Historical Figures?
Which Former President Says He Sent Just Two Emails While in Office?
What Was the Strange Fate of the World’s Most Isolated Tree?
Why Has Grand Central Station Been Described as “Radioactive”?
What’s the Story with Presidential Turkey Pardons?
Which Came First, Lighters or Matches?
What Went Wrong With Big Ben in May 2023?
What Was Jackie Robinson’s Other Job?
Which Famous Writer Survived Two Plane Crashes in Less Than 48 Hours?
Why Was the Color Purple Reserved for Emperors in Ancient Rome?
Why Did People Willingly Consume Arsenic into the 20th Century?
Why Did Dozens of Americans Crawl Up the Steps of the U.S. Capitol in 1990?
Who Was the First Woman to Be Officially Drafted by an NBA Team?
What’s the Surprising Connection Between Abraham Lincoln and Joe Biden?
Which U.S. President Was Almost Subjected to an Attempted Resurrection?
How Did Richard Nixon Change U.S. Policy Toward Native Americans?
What Was Historic About the 'Odysseus' Lunar Landing?
What Is the Surprising Wartime Origin of Kleenex Tissues?
