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January 6, 2026
The Lord Mayor of London: Modern Money, Medieval Rules, and One Square Mile of Territory
Commonplace Fun Facts
December 29, 2025
How Lake Champlain Became the 6th Great Lake (For Less Than Three Weeks)
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December 12, 2025
Lincoln vs Davis: How Two Kentucky Boys Grew Up to Split the Country in Half
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December 11, 2025
The Love Story That Linked Jefferson Davis and Zachary Taylor
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December 8, 2025
Klanbake: The Wild Story of the 1924 Democratic Convention
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December 4, 2025
That One Weird Christmas When the White House Christmas Tree Almost Wasn’t
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November 29, 2025
When Sliced Bread Was Illegal for 47 Days: How America’s Favorite Convenience Became a Wartime Casualty
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November 22, 2025
Fun Facts About the First Ladies — Part 4
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November 18, 2025
Zion, Illinois: The Strange Saga of the Prophet, the Flat-Earther, and the Town That Tried to Ban Fun
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November 17, 2025
The First Attempted Murder in Antarctica Happened Because Someone Spoiled the Ending of a Book
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November 14, 2025
How Royal Inbreeding Broke an Empire: The Tragic, Bizarre Lives of Charles II of Spain and Ferdinand I of Austria
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November 11, 2025
Missed Pearl Harbor Warnings: How America’s Best Intelligence Missed the Worst Surprise Attack
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November 10, 2025
The End of the Penny: The Death of 1¢ and America’s Unpopular Currency Misfits
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November 7, 2025
Elagabalus: The Unbelievable Tale of Rome’s Teenage Emperor and His Wild, Weird, and Wicked Life
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November 5, 2025
How a Forged Nazi Map Fooled Roosevelt and Helped Push America Toward WWII
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