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The Investigative Journalist Who Became A Civil Rights Leader

About 70 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, a Black woman named Ida B. Wells refused to leave her seat in the whites-only section of a Nashville-bound train.

The Long And Fascinating History Of The President's Resolute Desk

Wikimedia CommonsPresident Barack Obama sitting at the Resolute Desk. When Jacqueline Kennedy moved into the White House, she immediately dove into a renovation project, hoping to restore the White House to its former glory. Since its construction, the building had been ravaged by several presidential debacles, and at least one fire. She hoped to bring

Uncovered SS Diary Reveals Location Of 28 Tons Of Nazi Gold

lski Pomost QuedlinburgThe 75-year-old diary belonged to an SS officer named Egon Ollenhauer. The hunt continues for a massive stash of gold treasure that belonged to the Nazis. A newly-discovered diary that belonged to an SS officer points to one of the possible hidden locations of the Nazi gold: an old castle in Poland.

What Happened On February 14th

A Roman priest named Valentine is beaten with clubs and beheaded. Valentine had drawn the ire of the Roman emperor Claudius by continuing to marry young couples even after Claudius had forbidden it in an attempt to lure more men into the Roman army. He was named a saint after his death circa 270 C.E.

World's Oldest Intact Shipwreck Found In The Black Sea

A team of European researchers has found a treasure trove of ancient shipwrecks at the bottom of the Black Sea, and one of them is now believed to be the worlds oldest intact shipwreck. The 75-foot-long, almost completely preserved shipwreck was discovered 1.2 miles below the surface of the Black Sea. Researchers posit that it