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Yetta Bronstein, the president we never had, because she never existed
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Yetta Bronstein, the president we never had, because she never existed

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Mary Fields is pictured.
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The amazing story of Stagecoach Mary

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President Donald Trump, center, and Vice President Mike Pence, left, visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019.
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Celebrate Black History Month by remembering the man who mailed himself to freedom

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Jimmy the Raven appears in "It's a Wonderful Life."
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The bird who deserved an Oscar

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President Lyndon B. Johnson sports a big grin as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Jan. 5, 1964. The chief executive returned to Washington after a two-week working holiday at his Texas ranch.
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A president’s prank, and how a strange vehicle made it possible

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President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8, 1951.
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The State of the Union that wasn’t

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In this Jan. 15, 1919, file photo, the ruins of tanks containing 2 1/2 million gallons of molasses lie in a heap after an eruption that hurled trucks against buildings and crumpled houses in the North End of Boston.
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The sticky truth: 100 years ago, a molasses tsunami caused a deadly Boston disaster

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The sheet music of "Jingle Bells", a song that is within the public domain, is surrounded by a curling red ribbon and red Christmas bells of various sizes.
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The mystery and surprising history behind ‘Jingle Bells’

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Harry Truman’s crazy Christmas flight
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Harry Truman’s crazy Christmas flight

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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt talk together at the White House.
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77 years ago, America got the WWII Christmas surprise it needed: Winston Churchill

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