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During his 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela’s most powerful tools were a pen and paper. Well before he became South Africa's first Black president in 1994, Mandela was leading the fight against ...

From the New Jersey summer camp used as Camp Crystal Lake in 'Friday the 13th' to Georgia's Camp Rutledge, some of these camps have dark histories of their own.

An impromptu summer experience turned out to be the beginning of something much bigger for the world-famous chef.

In the years since the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, the city has become a monument to peace and the dream of a world without nuclear weapons.

What would you find inside a typical Viking home? From combs to looms, these household staples paint a surprisingly domestic picture of Norse life.

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Louis Armstrong had several nicknames, but “Satchmo” was the one that stuck. Here’s how a misheard word became part of jazz history.