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April 26, 2026
Henry Ford for President? The 1923 Movement That Almost Put an Automaker in the White House
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April 25, 2026
Operation Dirty Trick: The Time U.S. Planners Considered Blaming Cuba If John Glenn Didn’t Come Home
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April 23, 2026
Hands Across America: The Day the 1980s Tried to Solve Hunger by Holding Hands Really Hard
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April 21, 2026
The Plainfield Teachers College and Johnny Chung: The Fake Football Sensation of 1941
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April 18, 2026
How California Got Its Name from a Mythical Island, a Warrior Queen, and a Book Most People Have Never Heard Of
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April 16, 2026
The Khrushchev Disneyland Incident: The Day a Superpower Leader Couldn’t Ride the Teacups
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April 15, 2026
The USS Akron: America’s Real-Life Flying Aircraft Carrier That Fell From the Sky
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April 6, 2026
50 Fun Facts About Presidents and Politicians That Sound Made Up (But Aren’t)
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April 3, 2026
From Zero Stars to 50: The History of the American Flag
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March 29, 2026
The Real Story of the Pilgrims: Psalm-Singing Puke-Stocking Myths Debunked
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March 27, 2026
The Ford Nucleon: Inside the Atomic Car of 1958
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March 26, 2026
The Surprising History of the Presidential Seal: Why the Eagle Faces the Olive Branch
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March 25, 2026
The Iowa Cow War of 1931: A Bizarre Battle Between Farmers, Science, and the State
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March 23, 2026
Thomas Jefferson’s Writing Desk: The Surprising Story of the Desk That Drafted the Declaration of Independence
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March 22, 2026
Barbed Wire Telephone: How Farmers Turned Fences Into Phone Lines
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