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The chicken that lived for a couple of years without a head

In the mid 1940's a farmer was butchering his chickens by cutting of their heads. When he went back the next morning one chicken was...

The Hand Print in Cell 17

Scrub it, paint it, demolish it, but this creepy prison's bloody hand print won't go away. In the tiny town of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania,...

Lincoln's Legacy

What of Lincoln’s lineage, he and Mary had 4 children: Robert, Edward, Willie and Tad. Of the 4 only Robert survived to adulthood to...

5 Things You Didn't Know About the First African-American Woman to Fly a Plane

Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman's name may not be widely known though she was a trailblazer in aviation for both her gender and race. Coleman...

Was U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves the real Lone Ranger?

Some say U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves was the inspiration for “The Lone Ranger.” If he was, you might say he lived a life more...

ELIZABETH JENNINGS GRAHAM—LOWER MANHATTAN’S ROSA PARKS

On a hot July morning in 1854, Elizabeth Jennings (still just Jennings, before her marriage to Charles Graham) and her friend, Sarah...

Tragedy Stalked Lincoln Survivors

The assassination of Lincoln gave him to the ages, after the fall out strange events followed the survivors. Henry and Clara Rathbone the...

Lincoln's Dream

The war was over, Lincoln felt good again, no more boys had to die. Mary Lincoln had set it up for her and her husband to attend a play...

10 Things You May Not Know About Martin Luther King Jr.

1. King’s birth name was Michael, not Martin. The civil rights leader was born Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929. In 1934, however,...

Presidential Curse

At the battle of Tippecanoe, the future president William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh and his twin brother but not before they put a...

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