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Ytterby: The Swedish Village That Completed the Periodic Table

Throughout history, scientists have made great discoveries in laboratories, universities, and research institutions. However, some of chemistry’s most important discover

The History of Helicopters

For centuries, inventors dreamed of creating a flying machine that could rise straight into the air, hover in place, and move in any direction. While airplanes conquered

The New Deal

In 1933, the United States was in the midst of the worst economic crisis in its history. Millions were unemployed, banks were collapsing, and Americans were losing faith

Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar

European powers, missionaries, and foreign merchants seeking influence over her kingdom.  She responded by closing much of her country to outsiders, strengthening royal

The History of Ben-Hur

In the late 19th century, one novel became one of America’s biggest literary sensations. Its story was so ambitious that bringing it to the stage required technological

The History of Sausages

For thousands of years, people have taken some of an animal's least desirable parts and turned them into a culinary tradition found almost everywhere on Earth. The basic

The Long Telegram (Encore)

On February 22, 1946, George F. Kennan, a career diplomat working in the American embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word cable to the State Department in Washington.In it,

Simón Bolívar

In the early 19th century, the Spanish Empire in the Americas began to fracture. From the chaos emerged a wealthy young aristocrat with little formal military training,

The Monster Study

In 1939, researchers at a prominent American university began an experiment involving children at an orphanage in Iowa. The children were divided into groups, subjected

The World's Worst Predictions

Throughout history, experts, executives, scientists, and journalists have tried to predict what the future would look like.  Some of those predictions were insightful. O

Questions and Answers: Volume 46

What do the element palladium, William Shakespeare, and this episode have in common?  Palladium is the 46th element on the periodic table.  Shakespeare was rumored to h

Neanderthals

For hundreds of thousands of years, another kind of human lived across Europe and western Asia.  They hunted enormous animals, survived brutal Ice Age climates, made sop

The History of McDonald's

In 1940, two brothers opened a small restaurant near Route 66 in San Bernardino, California.  After meeting an aggressive milkshake-machine salesman, they established a

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

For decades in the Deep South, bus passengers had to sit in the back of the bus and give up their seats to white passengers. Despite making up the vast majority of rider

Marcus Tullius Cicero

In the final decades of the Roman Republic, power increasingly belonged to men who commanded armies.  Yet one man rose to the highest levels of Roman politics without co

The FBIs Most Wanted List

For more than 75 years, the FBI has maintained a list designed to put some of America’s most elusive fugitives directly in front of the public. It has included bank robb

Matthew Fontaine Maury: The Man Who Revolutionized Ocean Navigation

For centuries, sailors crossed oceans using charts, experience, and accumulated wisdom.  But in the 19th century, one naval officer realized that the logs of countless s

Chief Joseph

In the late 19th century, as the United States expanded across the West, one Native leader became famous not only for his resistance, but for the words he used after it e

The New Madrid Earthquakes

In the winter of 1811, the American frontier was shaken by a series of earthquakes so powerful they were felt across much of the continent.  The ground split open, fores

Machu Picchu

High in the Andes lies one of the world's most famous archaeological sites. It was built by a civilization without iron tools, wheeled transportation, or a conventional