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The Articles of Confederation proved to be more trouble than help, with individual states all pushing their interests and agendas, to the point of threatening the country as a whole.
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Our vision of Paul Revere's midnight ride is all wrong, especially how it concludes.
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George Washington was preceded by several other Presidents of the United States.
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While Edison is surely one of our greatest inventors, his greatest contribution may have been perfecting existing inventions instead of creating that many new ones.
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Facts vs. Fiction:Hoover and FDR
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Route 66 is the most famous road built in America except it was actually made by connecting existing major highways together. And it was constantly mutating.
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Facts vs. Fiction:Route 66 Myths
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Facts vs. Fiction:How Halloween Has Changed
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Was President John F. Kennedy really interested in going to space? And how close we were to not being the first to get on the moon?
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