Fredericksburg offers unique accommodations like vintage log cabins and farm stays, perfect for travelers seeking ...

In 1794, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. In 1812, the U.S. government authorized the issue of America's ...

This is the most probable date when Black explorer Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable begins building the settlement, which would eventually become the city of Chicago, Ill. The Haitian-born (c 1745) du ...

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From racial terror to literacy tests to modern-day voter suppression, efforts to silence Black political power have never stopped.

For a more immersive nature experience, Searcy is just a short drive from Greers Ferry Lake, one of Arkansas’s most beautiful ...

But a more recent innovation was causing an even bigger stir: the Garis-Cochran Dishwashing Machine, the only device in the ...

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The Urban Decay 24/7 Moondust Eyeshadow comes in a few bridal-friendly colors, such as pearly white and bronze gold, but ...

From the Food & Wine archives, Kingsley Amis delves into the history of gin and how moral panic (and a bit of poison) almost killed it. In August 1981, the legendary author Kingsley Amis wrote an ...

Fear of cotton balls is also known as sidonglobophobia. Another term for the condition is bambakophobia, from the Greek bambaki, which means "cotton," and phobos, which means deep dread or fear. In ...