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For generations of American students, home economics class was a memorable break from ordinary academics, a hands-on course that taught practical skills like cooking, sewing, and household budgeting. Held…
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Before every phone had a camera capable of instant, unlimited photos, capturing a memory often meant reaching for a disposable camera, a cheap, single-use device loaded with a roll…
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Long before a couple registered for gifts online, a young American woman in 1962 was often gradually filling a hope chest, a wooden trunk kept at the foot…
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On August 25, 1835, readers of a cheap New York daily called the Sun opened their paper to an astonishing announcement. A celebrated astronomer, working from an observatory at…
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Some mysteries survive because the facts are murky. The Mary Celeste has survived for more than 150 years because the facts are unusually clear, and they make no sense.…
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Every Olympic marathon produces drama. Only one has produced farce on this scale. The marathon held at the 1904 Games in St. Louis — staged alongside the World's Fair,…