History Magazine

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• The Hidden Haunted History Of 7 American Landmarks

  

  image credit The stories of presidential ghosts in the White House are pretty well known. But plenty of other landmarks have their own ghost stories. What... Read more

  The 30 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• Mummies And Monkey Skulls: The Creepiest Antiques

  

  image credit Halloween is the time of year when people reveal their most ghoulish fears and fantasies, decorating their houses with fake mummies, plastic skull... Read more

  The 29 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• Visiting History: The Battleship North Carolina

  

  by Conroy[Author's note: I have heavily annotated this post, hopefully with "interesting" footnotes. For ease of reference, and to read the footnotes as they... Read more

  The 28 October 2011 by   Conroy
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• The Walking Dead, Philosophy Zombies, and Zombie Banks

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto. Zombies are all the rage right now. AMC’s intense horror series The Walking Dead has just been renewed for a third season... Read more

  The 26 October 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• “God” Debate Straitjacketed by Myopia

  

  Over at Salon the MIT physicist and novelist Alan Lightman recently asked whether God exists, a question he poses in the service of reconciling science with... Read more

  The 24 October 2011 by   Cris
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• The Origin Of 'Gung Ho'

  

  image credit According to the dictionary gung ho means extremely enthusiastic and dedicated. Most of us are not aware of it today, but gung ho has been in... Read more

  The 24 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• The Ancient Tradition Of Fishing With Cormorants

  

  image credit Sitting quietly on a bamboo raft, with his birds at his side, the man listens to the gentle splashing as water laps at the side of his craft. The... Read more

  The 20 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut May Have Been Killed By Her Medicine

  

  Queen Hatshepsut lived around 1450 B.C. A tiny flask owned by the queen, which is on exhibit in the permanent collection of the Egyptian Museum of the Universit... Read more

  The 20 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• Antarctic History: 100 Years Ago Today

  

  As we prep for the start of the 2011 Antarctic season to begin, it is a perfect time to reflect back to 1911, when the epic race to the Pole between Norwegian... Read more

  The 19 October 2011 by   Kungfujedi
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• The Evolution Of Swing Sets

  

  Swing sets today have made great strides since their beginning at the turn of the 20th century. Strides in swing set safety and educational opportunities have... Read more

  The 19 October 2011 by   Gerard
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