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The ground was still covered in debris, the air thick with smoke, and the whole of America completely shaken by the terrorist attack that unfolded in New York City on September 11, 2001. 2,977 people ...

At the very end of another musician's recording session, Otis Redding was given a chance to try out the mic. He took it.

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The Mercator map, which most of us grew up with, makes Africa look smaller and Greenland much larger than they are—but that's just the tip of the iceberg.

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Singer-songwriter Buddy Holly didn’t intentionally change the spelling of his last name: somebody at a record company changed it for him, and he decided one letter wasn’t worth the argument.

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As with many such successful shows, quotes and references from Star Trek have crossed over into wider popular culture. Funny ...