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Summer
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LGBT Pride Month
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This Day in History
Kenneth Arnold, an American pilot, reported seeing strange objects near Mt. Rainier, Washington. He
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Weather of the Day
On this date in 1975, a thunderstorm at JFK airport in New York produced a microburst?
Birthday of the Day
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Birthday of the Day
Dempsey, called the ?Manassa Mauler,? emerged from fights on saloon floors near mining?
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Word of the Day
Portia brings Joe home for supper and, as the butler clears the table, announces that?
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News of the World
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News of the World
"I just want my life back," the US pop star says in a highly anticipated public testimony.
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From Greenwich Village to San Francisco, sites that have helped shape the gay-rights movement The Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, New Y![Sally Ride]()
Celebrate some notable accomplishments by LGBT Americans.![Mandarin]()
The modern lingua francas There are over 7,000 languages in the world, each with their own histories and sounds. All of these should be celebrated. But, some languages are much more widely spoken than the rest. Find out which languages keep us?![Quotes]()
100 of the best, most famous movie quotes in American cinema To celebrate their hundredth anniversary, the American Film Institute ran a series of programs starting in 2005, discussing and honoring 100 years of American cinema.![Tokyo]()
The biggest cities to ever exist For the first time in human history, a majority of people live in urban environments.
