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A century and a half later, the sinking of the S.S. Pacific remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in the region’s ...

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The papers connected to author A.A. Milne—including original drafts, illustrations, letters, poems and corrected proofs—sold ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

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By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...