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10 of Langston Hughes' Most Popular Poems
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Harriet Tubman: Timeline of Her Life, Underground Rail Service and Activism
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How Ted Bundy Helped Catch the Green River Killer
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How George Washington Kept Alexander Hamilton in Check
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Theodore Roosevelt's Mother and Wife Died Within Hours of Each Other on Valentine's Day
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Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” Speech May Not Have Contained That Famous Phrase
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Thomas Edison Wrote a Sci-Fi Novel That Flopped
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Why Farrah Fawcett Quit ‘Charlie’s Angels’ After One Season
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The Surprising Reason Abraham Lincoln Grew a Beard
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Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey: The Truth Behind the Singers' Feud
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Billy Joel: The Ex-Wives and Former Fling Who Inspired His Hit Songs
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George Washington: 10 Quotes From the United States' First President
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EGOT Winners: The Artists Who've Won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
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