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In a 1994 blackout, L.A. residents called 911 when they saw the Milky Way
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24 points
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briandear
on Jan 16, 2023
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Coca-Cola collaborated with the Nazis in the 1930s, and Fanta is the proof
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5 points
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underscore_ku
on March 5, 2022
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2 comments
Fort Ross: Former Russian Outpost in California
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2 points
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morpheos137
on Dec 24, 2021
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Disposable paper dresses were a trend in the 1960s
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81 points
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textread
on March 7, 2021
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In the early 1980s, white supremacist groups were early adopters of the internet
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3 points
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indigodaddy
on Jan 25, 2021
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In one German town, 1k people killed themselves in 72 hours (WWII)
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4 points
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optimalsolver
on Jan 12, 2021
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LA residents call police upon seeing the starry sky during a blackout (1994)
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4 points
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solarengineer
on Aug 2, 2020
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A racist hate-monger masterminded America’s War on Drugs
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3 points
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eurasiantiger
on June 24, 2020
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Rare Photos of Bonnie and Clyde
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1 point
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TakakiTohno
on April 17, 2020
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Universal health care was almost part of the Social Security Act of 1935 (2017)
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2 points
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samclemens
on March 7, 2020
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Women pioneered computer programming. Then men took their industry over
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1 point
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Anon84
on Jan 13, 2020
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Photos: Dark beauty in the oil fields of old Southern California
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1 point
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detaro
on Nov 9, 2019
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The gangs of 1950s San Francisco wanted to do good (2018) [video]
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6 points
by
vinnyglennon
on Oct 13, 2019
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Rockefellers hired militias to shoot at strikers in Ludlow massacre
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57 points
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vinnyglennon
on Oct 13, 2019
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Responsible for the modern NRA killed a Hispanic, before becoming border agent
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4 points
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vinnyglennon
on Oct 13, 2019
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Welcome to Operation Dixie, the most ambitious unionization attempt in the U.S.
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11 points
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vinnyglennon
on Oct 13, 2019
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This was the only refugee camp in America for Jews fleeing the Nazis
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1 point
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vinnyglennon
on Oct 13, 2019
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Last public execution in the US was a media circus
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2 points
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PcMojo
on April 25, 2019
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The inventors of the Pill decided women should still bleed every month (2017)
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2 points
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apsec112
on Jan 5, 2019
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This VR pioneer had a radical idea – girls’ games shouldn’t be dumbed down
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2 points
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nherbw
on May 4, 2018
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Warning: this article does Not includes graphic images… but it should
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1 point
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nherbw
on March 23, 2018
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Body ink’s unlikely journey from Polynesia to sailor’s biceps to everyone else
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1 point
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DoreenMichele
on March 21, 2018
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Forget self-driving car anxiety: In the early days human drivers were the fear
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1 point
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em3rgent0rdr
on March 21, 2018
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Kansas locked up more than 5,000 women and girls for having STDs
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2 points
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samclemens
on March 12, 2018
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In the 1980s, Italy paid a Nigerian town $100 monthly to store toxic waste
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1 point
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vezycash
on March 10, 2018
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Photos: Enter the badass
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3 points
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nherbw
on March 5, 2018
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Sexy stewardesses were exploited to sell more tickets – until women fought back
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2 points
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anarbadalov
on Feb 20, 2018
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Robots have been about to take all the jobs for more than 200 years
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1 point
by
shubhamjain
on Jan 24, 2018
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Robots have been about to take all the jobs for more than 200 years
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2 points
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shubhamjain
on Jan 21, 2018
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Before Apple, Steve Jobs was an acid-gobbling, horticulturalist commune dweller
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1 point
by
nherbw
on Jan 3, 2018
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