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Historian Moses Coit Tyler (1835 – 1900) called Pilgrim leader and Plymouth governor William Bradford (1590 – 1657) "the father of American history" for his authorship of "Of Plymouth Plantation". How much of American history and literature is - or was - Bradford truly responsible for "fathering"?
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In forthcoming book with forward by J.D. Vance, Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts rails against birth control, IVF, abortion, childlessness, and dog parks
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Titanis walleri, an 8-foot-tall, 330-lb. species of terror bird that lived in Florida up until 1.8 million years ago (c. Bill J. Unzen)
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How common were geldings, or castrated male horses, in the Middle Ages when compared to stallions, and how and why did geldings eventually replace stallions in mounted cavalry units?
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After one the first jousting tournaments in the United States was held in Virginia in 1821, jousting would go on to become "the national sport of the South", with Confederate soldiers during the Civil War even jousting while "barefoot and in rags". Why was jousting so popular among Southerners?
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In the 1600s, many French Huguenot refugees from France settled in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, which was later renamed "New York" when the English took control of the settlement. Did any new varieties or dialects of French emerge in the colony due to these settlers?
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