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  1. On #MemorialDay, watch this short video to remember those who died for their countries tinyurl.com/3rdh22e 11:17 AM May 28th via web
  2. Police ambush #BonnieAndClyde May 23, 1934 - see video of their bullet-riddled car at the ambush scene tinyurl.com/7xbsw53 7:20 AM May 23rd via web
  3. Take a quick Awesome Stories survey for a chance to win a $100 #AmazonGiftGard tinyurl.com/c87hxll 12:36 PM May 21st via web
  4. Marie and Pierre #Curie isolated #radium from mineral pitchblende on April 20, 1902. How? What did the discovery mean? tinyurl.com/6ojjp7m 10:32 AM Apr 20th via web
  5. As #Titanic sank, 100 yrs ago, a real J. Dawson lost his life. See his pic, watch videos and read witness testimony tinyurl.com/d4vb3n5 5:27 AM Apr 15th via web
  6. Go behind the scenes of #TheHungerGames with videos, pics and issues/questions to ponder tinyurl.com/chumeo3 9:55 AM Apr 14th via web
  7. See videos, hear audios and examine pics of #Apollo13 - 43 years ago today, the mission had a near-fatal problem tinyurl.com/c67z4kn 1:19 PM Apr 13th via web
  8. Today, in 1852, #HarrietBeecherStowe published #UncleTom'sCabin. Meet #JosiahHenson, the real #UncleTom tinyurl.com/6ssty3j 7:01 AM Mar 20th via web
  9. Watch an awesome animation, by Irish schoolchildren, telling the story of #StPatrick'sDay tinyurl.com/ya4w9g3 8:35 AM Mar 16th via web
  10. See how to make the new film - #TheLorax - come alive in class rooms with a lesson plan, pics, animation and videos tinyurl.com/89omhzw 8:41 AM Mar 6th via web
  11. #Columbia exploded during reentry on Feb 1, 2003 due to a hole in the wing. This is NASA's video recreating the failure tinyurl.com/6pbglxt 11:48 AM Feb 1st via web
  12. See #Space #Shuttle #Columbia crew just before orbiter's sensors went offline. Video is only one recovered from debris. tinyurl.com/7aghlmf 7:57 AM Feb 1st via web
  13. Compare Meryl Streep's amazing work in #IronLady with clips of the real #MargaretThatcher in this story behind the film tinyurl.com/7vuge46 5:59 PM Jan 28th via web
  14. Remember the #Challenger and its 7 lost #astronauts who died in an explosion 26 years ago today tinyurl.com/mc5ygs 5:50 PM Jan 28th via web
  15. Happy MLK Day! Remember #DrKing by watching his #Mountaintop tinyurl.com/3o5m7x5 and #IHaveaDream tinyurl.com/3hoevqg speeches 6:45 AM Jan 16th via web
  16. Remember #MartinLutherKing by watching his #IHaveADream speech. This link takes you there. tinyurl.com/3hoevqg 9:25 AM Jan 13th via web
  17. Today is the 70th anniversary of #PearlHarbor - remember December 7, 1941 with this video compilation of the attack tinyurl.com/83gtoxw 8:40 AM Dec 7th, 2011 via web
  18. Remember the #HalifaxExplosion with this video clip. On Dec 6, 1917 disaster struck in Nova Scotia and thousands died tinyurl.com/7cur4n9 8:17 AM Dec 6th, 2011 via web
  19. Remember #MarkTwain with this historic footage - the only known moving film of the author tinyurl.com/d26x3bd 7:12 AM Nov 30th, 2011 via web
  20. Remember heroes on #VeteransDay with a poetic tribute going back to the time when the special day was first designated. tinyurl.com/3rdh22e 9:39 AM Nov 11th, 2011 via web
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