Gear That Powered Hillary and Norgay to the Top of Mount Everest
From boots to sleeping bags, see how equipment that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay used in the first ascent of Mount Everest compares to what climbers use today.
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Trailblazing Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders
Trailblazing Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders
5 Trailblazing Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders
Discover five history-making figures in the AANHPI community who redefined the American story.
Who Said It?
Who Said It?
No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die…we die defending our rights.-Sitting Bull
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.-Oscar Wilde
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Exploring the West
Exploring the West
Lewis and Clark: A Timeline of the Extraordinary Expedition
In 1804, Lewis and Clark set off on a journey filled with harrowing confrontations, harsh weather and fateful decisions as they scouted a route across the American West.
Lewis and Clark’s Travels Included Dozens of Astonishing Animal Encounters
The explorers not only produced maps from their 1804-1806 expedition to the American West, they also recorded some 122 animals new to science.
5 Expeditions That Redrew America's Map
After Lewis and Clark's famed journey, these other explorers set out to document what lay beyond the frontier.
10 Little-Known Facts About the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Explore 10 surprising facts about one of America’s first and greatest expeditions of discovery.
Historian Matthew Pinsker gives a crash course on the concept of "manifest destiny" and the seeds of westward American expansion.
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HISTORY Shorts
HISTORY Shorts
Some of the 20th century's most important inventions—computers, transistors, satellites—were pioneered at Bell Labs. But these scientists also delved into the creative, and their research in computer-generated films and music would set the foundation for an entire future of media.
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It's 1914 and visitors to the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco are about to have their fortunes told—by a cookie.
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Love it or hate it, the beer can is an iconic part of American culture. But there was a time when the beer can was almost made extinct.
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Alan Hart pioneered X-rays for TB detection and was the first documented trans person in the U.S. to have a hysterectomy.
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Who's Making History
Who's Making History
Gustav Hasselskog
Candela's CEO made maritime history, piloting the first electric boat to successfully travel from Spain to North Africa across the Mediterranean.
Connie Francis
The singer's 'Pretty Little Baby' achieved viral fame on TikTok and newfound popularity—63 years after its original release.
Kenton Cool
The British climber scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for most ascents of the mountain by a non-Sherpa.
Gustav Hasselskog
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Connie Francis
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Kenton Cool
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