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Theodore Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize

On December 10, 1906 the president of the United States was awarded the Nobel Prize prize for peace. It was a controversial award. The award represents the unique time in history, the complex legacy of the nations twenty-sixth president, and the persistent disagreement over an award for peace given in a world where reality makes peace uncommon at best.

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Crocker Land: Search for the Lost Continent

In 1906, a famed explorer saw something on the horizon that would lead an expedition of men to search for a magnificent land they hoped would be full of new and undiscovered treasures for science.

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Pelorus Jack: Best Known Fish in the World

One famous dolphin lived near the shores of New Zealand in the late 1800s, and swam alongside hundreds of ships, becoming a beloved figure to locals and foreigners alike, and described as ”the best known fish in the world.”

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Unroyal Deaths: The Strange Deaths of Medieval Royalty

It was relatively common in the middle ages for Kings, royals, and various other titled men to die in combat, and they were at least usually expected to fight personally. Despite the dangers of medieval combat and the expectations of nobility, however, many at the highest levels of aristocracy died in less than noble mundane accidents, and even in embarrassing circumstances.

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Tinian: The Forgotten Invasion

In the war in the Pacific, the battle of Tinian lies relatively forgotten alongside the likes of Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Guadalcanal. The reason might, frankly, be that the invasion of Tinian went too well.

Wild Bill and the First Quick-Draw Gunfight

Two gunmen drawing on each other in the middle of town was actually a rare occurrence in the American west. Still, it did happen, and most historians agree that the first example came July 21, 1865, and involved one of the west’s most famous gunfighters.

Air Pirates!

Commercial passenger aviation was new enough that, when, in July 1948, the first attempt was made to hijack a commercial passenger plane in flight occurred, the word “hijacking” hadn’t yet been coined. Instead they called the criminals “Air pirates.”

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