Why Was Tiny Tim Cratchit Sick?
Tiny Tim Cratchit is known as the ailing young son of Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, but this is why the young boy sick in the famous tale.
Read MoreTiny Tim Cratchit is known as the ailing young son of Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, but this is why the young boy sick in the famous tale.
Read MoreThe Library of Congress digitized Rosa Parks' recipe for Featherlite Pancakes made with real peanut butter in 2017.
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Read MoreAlthough some people associate December 25th with Christmas, there are so many different things that have happened on December 25th throughout history.
Read MoreAuthor Dan Brown has claimed that he drew up fact for his best-seller The Da Vinci Code. And, the book occasionally gets things about religion right.
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Read MoreThe Library of Congress tunnel system was once used to quickly relay information from the Congressional Library on First Street to the Capitol building.
Read MoreMakeup artist and image consultant Lillian Brown worked with countless political figures over the years, including nine United States presidents.
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Read MoreThroughout history, prominent figures have been targeted for assassination. Here are the figures who faced attempted assassinations the most frequently.
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Read MoreFeaturing betrayals, beheadings, and lots of people with the same names, these are the most tragic deaths in the British royal family.
Read MoreKing James I tried raising silkworms at Buckingham Palace in 1609, only to see his idea fail due to a serious miscalculation on a silkworm's proper diet.
Read MoreWhen there's uncertainty about how historical figures died, people start guessing. Here are theories about what really killed these historical leaders.
Read MoreIf you've ever been told "You look like an angel!", you probably took that as a compliment. But according to the Bible, you probably should have felt insulted.
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Read MoreOne of the Library of Congress's more surprising holdings are the final possessions of President Lincoln -- items found in his pockets after he was killed.
Read MoreThe tradition of mummering dates all the way back to Medieval England and Ireland, when Christmas celebrations were a time for drunken revelry.
Read MoreWhile those of us in the 21st century may think of the so-called "war on Christmas" as a relatively new idea, the vehement opposition dates back centuries.
Read MoreBefore Brady, Lincoln had little street cred. He was rustic, literally born in a log cabin, rural -- hardly the politico poster boy of the 1800s.
Read MoreIn England in the Middle Ages, there was one form of payment that stood out from the others: eels. Tenants used eels to pay their rent to English lords.
Read MoreThe Civil War was by far the bloodiest conflict on American soil. It was difficult for all Americans, including teenagers of the time.
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Read MoreThe U.S. divorce rate reached a record low in 2019, when only around 15 out of every 1,000 marriages ended in divorce. That was the lowest figure since 1970.
Read MoreIn the early 1930s, millions of Americans were out of work, and many were struggling to support their families. Unemployment skyrocketed nationally.
Read MoreIn the Classical era of Ancient Greece, pregnancy and childbirth were seen as a biological imperative for the propagation of the human species.
Read More"Secret government experiments" aren't fiction, but documented historical fact, openly admitted by the US Army in 1976.
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