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cowboys in Kansas, 1890s

Discover how vaqueros and the Colt six-shooter contributed to the evolution of the American cowboy

Bareback rider trying to ride bucking horse

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Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer

Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017

What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

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10 Failed Doomsday Predictions

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Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg

Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game

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cowboys in Kansas, 1890s

Bareback rider trying to ride bucking horse

Discover how vaqueros and the Colt six-shooter contributed to the evolution of the American cowboy

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Trevor Brazile

Trevor Brazile

American rodeo cowboy

Bill Pickett

Bill Pickett

American cowboy

Tom R. Ferguson

American cowboy