The Crayola Crayon Story

The Crayola Crayon Story

It's now a childhood classic, but the modern Crayola crayon has roots in the same company where carbon black was made for car tires at the turn of the 20th century. But people were creating art with colored implements before Binney and Smith made theirs.

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Hercules Mulligan, Spy on the Inside Pt. 1

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Women have been part of mail delivery in the U.S. since colonial times, but it took centuries for women postal workers to become commonplace. Even through times when certain USPS jobs were off limits ...

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A Brief History of the 'White Wedding'

A Brief History of the 'White Wedding'

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The Easter Rising of 1916

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After his parents' home burned down under mysterious circumstances, Oliver Haugh was put on trial for murder. Haugh did little to help his own case, and hoped to be found insane so he could serve a sh...

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