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100 Great Sites to Celebrate Black History Month
Offbeat  (tags: History, Websites, Internet, Resources, Black )

Jollygirl
- 1590 days ago - bachelorsdegreeonline.com
Whether you want to educate children about important figures in the past or just learn a little more about a person whose life has inspired you, there are a number of great resources available to you on the Web. Check them out...
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Top 50 Ancient History Blogs
Offbeat  (tags: History, Blogs, Internet, Ancient Period, Resources )

Jollygirl
- 1598 days ago - bachelorsdegreeonline.com
Many history blogs offer specific subjects, including those on ancient history. Check out this list to find a number of excellent blogs written about ancient times and related subjects.
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India Makes History, as Tri-Colour Lands on Moon, Mission Chandrayaan-I Successful
Offbeat  (tags: Research, Space, History, India, Moon )

Jollygirl
- 1645 days ago - breakingnewsonline.net
India created history today, as the tri-colour successfully landed on the lunar surface, fulfilling the dreams of over a billion people. India's first-ever unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-I released the 'Moon Impact Probe (MIP)"into the moon's surface.
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Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets
Offbeat  (tags: history, discovery, Hawaiian cave )

Isabel
- 1664 days ago - livescience.com
From the moment we saw it, we knew the place held many great secrets.
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Celebrating Women's History: 100 Amazing Libraries and Collections on the Web
Offbeat  (tags: Women, History, Libraries, Web, Resources )

Neelakant
- 1682 days ago - elearningyellowpages.com
There are numerous sites on the web, many through libraries and archives, that can provide you with access not only to information but to documents, photos and first hand accounts of women as well. Check them out...
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Underground Wonders of the World: Lost Caverns and Buried Cities
Offbeat  (tags: photos, wonders of the world, underground wonders, lost caverns, buried cities, history, travel, underground, urban, unusual )

Marion
- 1688 days ago - weburbanist.com
The world is full of wonders, from abandoned towns and deserted settlements to underwater cities and underground architecture. Humans burrow into the Earth out of anything from necessity to superstition, driven by coincidence or coerced by circumstance.
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A Relative of Hitler Is Now Jewish and Living in Israel
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, history )

Basilides
- 1745 days ago - weirdandinteresting.blogspot.com
...a strange little story in an obscure American magazine for Orthodox Jews, claiming that a descendant of Adolf Hitler had converted to Judaism and was living in Israel...
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Pioneering Member of Tuskegee Airman Dies at 87
Offbeat  (tags: history, WWII, interesting, news )

Marty
- 1784 days ago - my.att.net
Lt. Col. Charles "Chuck" Dryden, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 87.
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Hidden Treasure Behind Walls of Home
Offbeat  (tags: discovery, history, interesting )

Marty
- 1796 days ago - weau.com
A Winona woman who considers herself a history buff finds a hidden treasure hidden behind the walls of her home.
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Getting to Know the Hitlers
Offbeat  (tags: history, WWII, odd, unusual )

Marty
- 1805 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
FOR more than 50 years, the relatives of Adolf Hitler have hidden under false names in Long Island, New York. They have not spoken publicly since the Second World War. In a revelatory new book to be launched this week, they break their silence.
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Fire Scars Reveal Source of New England's 1780 Dark Day
Offbeat  (tags: history )

Ian
- 1805 days ago - scienceblog.com
At noon, it was black as night. It was May 19, 1780 and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand.
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For Cold War Brits, the Day After Was a Tea-Time Nightmare
Offbeat  (tags: history, interesting, government, culture )

Marty
- 1831 days ago - newsdesk.org
A wry old anti-nuclear slogan used to say "One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day." If you're British, and the nuclear bomb manages to ruin your afternoon tea, well, then you've really got a problem.
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Anne Frank Greetings Card Found
Offbeat  (tags: history, WWII, anne frank, interesting, discovery )

Marty
- 1850 days ago - 217.204.41.132
A greetings card signed by the Jewish diarist Anne Frank has been found in an antique shop near Amsterdam.
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Titanic Ticket Sold at Auction
Offbeat  (tags: history, titanic, auction, news, interesting )

Marty
- 1852 days ago - us.rd.yahoo.com
One of the last tickets for the Titanic's doomed maiden voyage and a pocket watch which stopped when it sank have been sold by a relative of a survivor, a British auctioneer said Sunday.
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Gettysburg's Haunted Address
Offbeat  (tags: culture, bizarre, usa, off-beat, paranormal, history, ghosts )

Maria
- 1858 days ago - post-gazette.com
Farnsworth House Inn in Gettysburg is said to be haunted by no fewer than 14 ghosts, making it the seventh-most-haunted inn in America.
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