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The Death-Defying Attempt to Circumnavigate the World in a Canoe
In 1901, the Canadian mariner John Voss set sail from British Columbia in a modified dugout canoe. He was headed for ...
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Discover Why Thomas Jefferson Meticulously Monitored the Weather Wherever He Went
The third president knew that the whims of nature shaped Americans’ daily lives as farmers and enslavers Sara Georgini ...
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The Lasting Legacy of Jimmy Carter, Dead at 100
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Ten Top Smithsonian Stories of 2024, From a Mysterious Underground Chamber to Dazzling Auroras
The magazine's most-read articles of the year included a close-up look at the adorable yet venomous pygmy slow loris, a ...
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The Dramatic Rescue of the Citizen Sailors Who Patrolled the Atlantic Coast Looking for Nazi U-Boats
During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who risked their lives watching out for enemy ...
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How Activism and International Women’s Year Fueled U.S. Efforts for Equality
When the UN declared 1975 to be International Women’s Year, President Ford signed an executive order responding to the ...
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Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt
In the waterways connected to the Great Lakes, researchers uncover boats that tell the story of millennia of Indigenous ...
British Heiresses Went to Trusted Doctor for Alternative Treatments. One Starved to Death, the Other Wound Up Emaciated
In the early 20th century, a woman believed to be Washington State’s first female serial killer, portrayed herself as a ...
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After Failing Math Twice, a Young Benjamin Franklin Turned to This Popular 17th-Century Textbook
A 19th-century scholar claimed that "Cocker's Arithmetick" had "probably made as much stir and noise in the English world as any [book]—next to the Bible" ...
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How an Experiment to Amplify Light in Hospital Operating Rooms Led to the Accidental Invention of the Snow Globe
The origins of the decoration lie in Vienna’s 17th district, where the inventor’s descendants are still making them for ...
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The Real Story Behind ‘A Complete Unknown’ and Bob Dylan’s Early Career, From His Arrival in New York City to When He ‘Went Electric’
A new film starring Timothée Chalamet tracks Dylan's evolution from an acoustic folk singer to a rock 'n' roll superstar ...