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  1. 40 minutes ago

    "South Africa marks Freedom Day 25 years after the end of apartheid 🇿🇦"

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    We teamed up with to give 3 lucky readers the chance to get “The Pioneers” by before it’s available on May 7. More info and your chance to win one here:

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    AT&T accused of "unfair" behavior in A+E Networks carriage standoff

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    A+E Networks Warns Viewers of Possible Blackout on DirecTV

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  6. 3 hours ago

    · customers may lose A&E, HISTORY, LIFETIME and more! Call 1-888-888-5989 or visit  for info.

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  7. 5 hours ago

    Once U.S. troops were sent to the front lines, hundreds of artists were put to work to create posters that would rally support on the home front.

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  8. 8 hours ago

    It’s the worst coal seam fire in American history—and turned a bustling city into a ghost town.

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  9. 10 hours ago

    On , 25 years ago, South Africa held their first multiracial elections. More than 22 million turned out to cast their ballots and celebrate the end of apartheid.

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  10. 12 hours ago

    The Golden Night of TV just upped the ante! To win real gold: 1. Follow and like 2. Like this post 3. Leave a comment about what you think the Laginas may find during the finale and use and Tag your friends and share the wealth!

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  11. 24 hours ago

    Would the Chernobyl explosion have happened if the deputy chief engineer on duty that night wasn’t sleep-deprived? Or if the plant’s administrative head hadn’t succumbed to pressure to cut corners or cover up an earlier accident?

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  12. Apr 26

    In the 1960s and ‘70s, many white schools that had integrated their classrooms began to hold two proms: one for white students and one for black students.

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  13. Apr 26

    “Relatively few people are alive now who witnessed epidemics of those diseases and their effects...As somebody who practiced university pediatrics in the 1950s and 60s, I don’t take those diseases lightly at all.” Stanley Plotkin

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  14. Apr 26

    The reason the South fought the American Civil War has been contested ever since the Confederacy surrendered in 1865.

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  15. Apr 26

    “Sooner or later, we must learn to judge each other on our own merits. Sooner or later, if a man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance.”

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  16. Apr 26

    On 1986, the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident occurs at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear power station.

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    you could win actual gold! Just follow the rules below. Tag a friend who might love winning some treasure.

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  18. Apr 26

    Did General Yamashita strike a deal with Hitler? Dig into the , Tuesdays at 10/9c.

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  19. Apr 25

    Who you gonna call? Apparently the U.S. Navy.

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  20. Apr 25

    Over the span of 30 years, Curtis documented over 80 tribes west of the Mississippi, from the Mexican border to northern Alaska.

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