Students participating in cooking class at Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland, 1935.
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Whatever Happened to Shannon Duff from Kratts’ Creatures?
The entertainment industry is littered with ghosts — not the tragic kind, but the kind who simply walk off stage one day and never come back. They don’t die, they just disappear. For people who grew up on PBS in the ’90s, one of those phantoms is Shannon Duff — or as we knew her, Allison from Kratts’ Creatures.
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Turns Out Our Parents Were Total Smoke Shows Back in the Day (41 Photos)
Ever stumbled across an old photo of your parents and thought, “Wait… they were hot?” You’re not alone. People online are sharing vintage pics of their moms and dads looking like total icons — and it’s giving serious main-character energy. From disco-era glam to grunge-era cool, these parents prove that good looks definitely run in the family.
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16 Fascinating Photos Collected From History
A LCVP landing craft from USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) approaches Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The boat is smoking from a fire that resulted when a German machine gun bullet hit a hand grenade.
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Picture of the Day
Maces and Clubs used by Austro-Hungarian Army during WW1, 1914-1918
During the grueling battles of World War I, ground troops relied on an array of weapons such as rifles, grenades, and bayonets while enduring the harsh conditions of the trenches. However, amidst these well-known tools of warfare, there existed a weapon that [Read more…] about Picture of the Day
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15 Amazing Photos That Capture American Life Through The Decades
Exhausted contestants try to keep moving, at least a little, during a grueling dance marathon that began March 31 – more than 900 hours earlier – at the Fordham Palace in the Bronx. (1932)
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Lets Take A Stroll Through The Art Museum
John Falter – Trick-Or-Treating in the Burbs (1958)
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10 Things Foreigners Often Get Wrong About Life in America
It’s easy to mock Americans. The internet loves to serve up clips of people who can’t find Europe on a map or don’t know who the prime minister of Canada is. But those moments don’t tell the whole story or even a small fraction of it. For decades, outsiders have painted the U.S. with broad, condescending strokes, mistaking size, diversity, and visibility for ignorance, arrogance, or chaos. Yet when you look closer, most of these criticisms say more about the critics than the criticized.
Let’s unpack some of the most common unfair accusations and what’s really going on behind them.
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