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In 1895, a 60 year old former slave named Mary Fields secured a contract to deliver US mail by stagecoach between Cascade, Montana, and...
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Lorraine Hansberry died at 34. She packed more into those 34 years than most people pack into 80, and then she died at the...
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The British Empire had a rule. Native armies did not beat trained European soldiers. Everyone believed this. The Zulus did not read the rule.On...
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The Map That Lied For 450 Years – The True Size of Africa
The facts, then. Africa covers 30.3 million square kilometres. That is 20 percent of the Earth's land area. Yet on the world map you...
The Godfather of Silicon Valley – Roy Clay Sr.’s Unstoppable Journey
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The facts, then. Sophia Stewart is a writer who claims she created the story that became "The Matrix" and "The Terminator." She has called...
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