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1. April 13, 1743 Thomas Jefferson Born

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2. This is the most awesome non-political thing you’ll see today. Seriously.

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3. Remembering the indispensable man

   By Valin, February 22, 2016
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4. Gravitational Waves and Colliding Black Holes...

   By Valin, February 18, 2016
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5. Suggested Video:Byron MacGregor - Americans From 1973

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6. Suggested Video: Franz Lehar, THE MERRY WIDOW In English 27 03 1996 - New York City Opera

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7. Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Challenge of Radical Islam

   By Valin, January 14, 2016
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8. The True Story of Lonesome Dove

   By Valin, January 11, 2016
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9. Arthur Guinness starts making stout at the St. James's Gate Brewery, Dublin 1759

   By Valin, December 31, 2015
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10. Is there any hope that religious minorities can remain in the Middle East?

    By Valin, December 28, 2015
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11. Walter Hooper: The Life and Writing Eric Metaxas

    By Valin, December 24, 2015
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12. The Secretary Of State, The Instructor, And The Piano

    By Valin, December 22, 2015
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13. 1st LandSpeed Record speed record was set at 39 mph (63 kph). Dec. 18 1898

    By Valin, December 18, 2015
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14. Louis Daguerre born Nov. 1787

    By Valin, November 18, 2015
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15. Uncommon Knowledge: Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

    By Valin, November 13, 2015
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16. How French Artists in 1899 Envisioned Life in the Year 2000: Drawing the Future

    By Valin, October 19, 2015
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17. Born Today Charles 'Chuck' Colson 1931

    By Valin, October 16, 2015
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18. Nasa announcement today: Why people think agency is about to reveal that it has found aliens on Pluto

    By Geee, October 8, 2015
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19. Tom Clancy on America, Government, History, Writing, and the Private Sector (1990 Speech)

    By Valin, October 4, 2015
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20. Mars-Les Johnson

    By Valin, September 29, 2015
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21. NASA Says Signs of Liquid Water Flowing on Mars

    By Valin, September 28, 2015
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22. The all new (and improved) Hinge of History Thread. 1 2 3 4 5

    By Valin, August 29, 2013
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23. A Yom Kippur battle through the lens of the US Civil War

    By Valin, September 22, 2015
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24. Sept. 21 1937 The Hobbit 1st Published

    By Valin, September 21, 2015
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25. Pluto Like You've Never Seen it Before

    By Valin, September 17, 2015
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    • September 17, 2015