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The Persistent Inventor of Sliced Bread
For nearly 3,000 years, we've eaten bread, but it took the creative efforts of one man to revolutionize the way we eat it. In the early 1900's ...
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Cathedral Took 632 Years to Complete
Consider the Cologne Cathedral. Begun in 1248, the Gothic jewel was to be the main place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperors. Frederick II, one of ...
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Young Man Dies Trying to Save His Cell Phone
A 26-year-old man died after he fell into the frigid waters of the Chicago River. Shortly after midnight, Ken Hoang, a visitor from St. Paul, Minnesota, ...
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Starbucks' Junkies Get Coffee in Superstorm
On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy (unofficially known as "Superstorm Sandy") slammed into the coast of the Northeastern United States. The ...
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Doctor Walks Six Miles to Save Patient
As a winter storm rolled over Birmingham, Alabama on January 28th 2014, Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw heard that a patient at Trinity Medical Center had taken a turn ...
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What It's Like to "Hit the Wall"
It is common for runners, and athletes in any endurance sport, to "hit the wall" as they push themselves past their comfort level. Here's ...
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General Grant Displayed Courageous Leadership
Before Ulysses S. Grant assumed command of the Union army, it would venture south into Confederate territory, suffer a defeat, then withdraw northward ...
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American Patriots Risk Their Homes for Victory
In October of 1781, General Cornwallis marched his British troops into Yorktown. The patriots to the south had wreaked havoc on his redcoat army, and ...
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Japanese Students Outlast American Students in Persistence
In standardized math tests, Japanese children consistently score higher than their American counterparts. While some assume that a natural proclivity ...
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85-year-old Woman Fights Off Her Husband's Attacker—a Moose
Alaskan Dorothea Taylor, 85, and her husband George Murphy, 82, got into a tussle with a moose while taking their golden retrievers, Fellar and Tut, out ...
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