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Man Moment Machine: Ferrari GTO | Video
In this clip from M3: Man Moment Machine, we see the classic 1962 Ferrari GTO owned by classic car owner Shawn Thomas The…
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Man Moment Machine: Lock and Load | Video
In this video clip of M3: Man Moment Machine, Hunter Ellis is timed as he locks and loads two different weapons. The first…
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Man Moment Machine: Torsion Catapult | Video
A cabbage catches some air when it is flung across a field by a modern day Alexander the Great torsion catapult.
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The Tommy Gun | Video
In this video clip from M3: Man Moment Machine, Hunter Ellis takes us to a gun range where we see two different types of…
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Man Moment Machine: Sherman M-4 vs. M1A1… | Video
In this clip from M3: Man Moment Machine, we see the difference between the tanks that were used in World War II and those…
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Santa Claus | Topic
The man we know as Santa Claus has a history all his own.
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Neil Armstrong | Topic
Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut, was the first man to walk on the moon.
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Interchangeable Parts | Topic
The use of interchangeable parts to produce guns became the foundation of the machine tool industry and of mass production.
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Automated Teller Machines | Topic
During the 1960s, several inventors worked independently to devise a machine that could do at least some of the things that bank tellers did. The result of their work was the automated teller machine, or ATM.
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Political Machine | Topic
in U.S. politics, a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state.
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First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) | Topic
The First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas), fought on July 21, 1861, was the first major engagement of the Civil War.
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Black Elk | Topic
Black Elk, a Native American warrior and holy man, witnessed the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn and the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen | Topic
one of the basic charters of human liberties, containing the principles that inspired the French Revolution. Its 17 articles, adopted between August 20 and August 26, 1789, by France's National Assembly, served as the preamble to the Constitution…
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Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney | Topic
In 1794, American inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton.
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Leonardo da Vinci | Topic
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect and inventor who is often described as the embodiment of the Renaissance man.
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Space Exploration | Topic
In the 20th century, new technology spurred the development of space programs by countries around the world.
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Earth Day | Topic
Founded in 1970 as a day of education on environmental issues, Earth Day is now a global holiday focused on green causes.
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Samuel Pierpont Langley | Topic
(born Aug. 22, 1834, Roxbury, Mass., U.S.—died Feb. 27, 1906, Aiken, S.C.) American astrophysicist and aeronautical pioneer who developed new instruments with which to study the Sun and built the first powered heavier-than-air machine of…
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Apollo 11 | Topic
On July 20, 1969, the American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the moon.
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Man O' War | Topic
(foaled 1917), probably the most famous American racehorse (Thoroughbred), overwhelmingly voted, in an Associated Press poll taken in 1950, the greatest horse of the first half of the 20th century.
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80 Years of World Cup Facts | Topic
Ever since the first tournament took place in Uruguay in 1930, World Cup matches have provided a steady stream of memorable moments and astonishing feats.
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Gatling Gun | Topic
The Gatling gun was a hand-driven machine gun, the first to solve the problems of loading, reliability, and the firing of sustained bursts.
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Industrial Revolution | Topic
Starting in Britain in the 1700s, the Industrial Revolution was a change from an agrarian to an industrialized society.
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March on Washington | Topic
The 1963 political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a key moment in the struggle for civil rights.
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John Glenn | Topic
Former senator and the first U.S. man in space.
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Buzz Aldrin | Topic
Apollo 11 astronaut and the second man on the moon.
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Yuri Gagarin | Topic
Soviet cosmonaut who became the first man to travel into space.
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Louis XVI | Topic
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the French Revolution of 1789 toppled the monarchy.
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Memorial Day | Topic
Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, honors the men and women who died while serving in the American military.
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