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Topic: History (page 7)

Old man with a cup of tea (Getty Images/ jeangill)

A brief history of old age

Sharon DeWitte - The Conversation
Supporters of Donald Trump rally at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2020. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Decoding America's heart of darkness

Michel Gueldry
Circa 1535, King Henry VIII of England (1491 - 1547) and his second wife, Anne Boleyn (1507 - 1536). He had broken with the papacy following the divorce of his first wife, Catherine of Aragon in 1533. Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536 and Henry married Jane Seymour. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

11 influential British royal lovers

Samantha Arrowsmith - Mental Floss
Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Joe Biden another Jimmy Carter?

Matthew Rozsa
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A Black Lives Matter flag waves in front of a fire at the North Precinct Police building in Portland, Oregon on September 6, 2020. - Protestors are marching for an end to racial inequality and police violence. (ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)

Race, police and politics: 1964 and now

Robert S. McElvaine
An abortion rights activist holds a sign at a protest in support of abortion access, March To Roe The Vote And Send A Message To Florida Politicians That Abortion Access Must Be Protected And Defended, on July 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (John Parra/Getty Images for MoveOn)

The American right's 100-year war

Allan J. Lichtman
Chef in apron holding meat knife and delicious grilled ribs on wooden stump (Getty Images/LightFieldStudios)

When did cooking become so cut-throat?

Ashlie D. Stevens
Female shop keeper wearing an apron (Getty Images/Betsie Van Der Meer)

What the heck is a "napron"?

Michael La Corte
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Toilet flush handle (Getty Images/Kinga Krzeminska)

11 historically significant toilets

Ken Ossea, Jr. - Mental Floss
The US Capitol building is seen as abortion rights activists protest in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2022, two days after the US Supreme Court scrapped half-century constitutional protections for the procedure. (SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)

Seven days in June: The SCOTUS coup

Robert S. McElvaine
Old engraved illustration: "Submission of the Mohawks" (Getty Images / <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/search/photographer?photographer=mikroman6" target="_blank">mikroman6</a>)

America vs. the "Heathen" world

Kathryn Joyce
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Biden is like the founding fathers

Matthew Rozsa
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Fountain figure of Manneken Pis in Brussels (Getty Images/LUke1138)

Why many old fountains show boys peeing

Mike Rampton - Mental Floss
American labor leader, US Presidential candidate, and prominent socialist Eugene V. Debs (1855 - 1926) waves to supporters following his release from prison on Christmas Day, December 25, 1921. (PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

Snowflakes, meet a real free speech hero

Matthew Rozsa
Aerial view, looking northwest, across part of NASA's Manned Space Center (later renamed the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center) campus, Houston, Texas, 1960s. (NASA/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

"Cambridge, we have a problem"

Robert Buderi
Patriotic American Flag Dessert Cake (jodiecoston)

Do cooking and politics actually mix?

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Caldo Tlapeno (Joseph Neese)

What Cinco de Mayo is actually about

Manuela Lopez Restrepo
Cake (Getty Images/Jena Ardell)

A history of women baking for liberation

Ashlie D. Stevens
Plastic-degrading bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis, 3D illustration (Getty Images/Dr_Microbe)

The bacteria that eat plastic waste

Matthew Rozsa
Thomas Jefferson (The Print Collector/Getty Images)

25 unknown facts about Thomas Jefferson

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
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Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Historians to Trump: You're fired!

Paul Rosenberg
Hubble telescope orbitting Earth (Getty Images/NASA/dima_zel)

Hubble's greatest hits

Matthew Rozsa
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas while he waits to speak at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Clarence Thomas must go — and Ginni too

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
Benjamin Franklin, circa 1785. Artist Joseph Siffred Duplessis. (Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

Alison Stine
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