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Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

A mural saluting the actual, and especially folklore, figure Johnny Appleseed in downtown Mansfield, Ohio

Was Johnny Appleseed a Real Person?

African American man praying in church with stained glass in background

Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?

Stained glass window showing ten Christian saints. St Peters Church, Cound, Shropshire, England.

Too Good to Rot? Saints with Incorrupt Bodies

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

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Gilles de Rais (1404-1440). Breton baron, marshal of France. Fought in guards of Joan of Arc. Accused of being serial killer of children.

Gilles de Rais: History’s First Serial Killer?

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

Northern lights or Southern lights, also called Aurora Borealis. Luminous phenomenon of Earth's atmosphere. (magnetism; luminous atmospheric display)

What Causes the Northern and Southern Lights?

The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait. Oil on canvas, 1887.

Rediscovered Artists: 6 Big Names That Time Almost Forgot

Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, illustration after a painting by J. Mund.

10 Famous Duels

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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Gnome (lower left) in a mine, woodcut from Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, by Olaus Magnus, 1555

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