The first record of fortune cookies comes from Japan in the early 1800's, not from China,...
History of the Fortune Cookie
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Dracula’s Dungeon Found?
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Did Hobbits Live among Us Recently?
The Indonesian island of Flores and its neighbors host two unusual languages, called Ke'o and...
Britain Does Something Noble
In 1807, the British Parliament outlawed the slave trade. Then the government did something truly...
Why the U.S. Has No Name
Today, the United States is a country, a nation, and we tend to think it has been since its birth....
The Dominican Republic Once Agreed to Join the U.S.
Few in the English-speaking world realize that the Dominican Republic once agreed to join the...
How Scotland and England Merged in the First Place
Now that the Scots have rejected independence from the U.K., it's worth asking how Scotland and...
How Queen Elizabeth I Held Back the Toilet
The forerunner of the modern toilet appeared in 1596. An English nobleman named Sir John...
Downton’s Mr. Bates Must Be an Assassin
I know: this isn't exactly history. But we've covered Downton Abbey before (twice), on more...
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