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George Washington didn’t actually have wooden teeth—what they were really made of was far more disgusting.

The Super Bowl is one of America's greatest sporting events of the year, as the best football teams in the country face off to be crowned Super Bowl champions. But, perhaps more appealing than the game itself is the Half Time Show. The musical performance, usually headlined by one of the year's top performers in the previous year, draws an average of 110 and 120 million viewers. Let's examine some of the best and worst Super Bowl Half Time Shows ever.

One of America's greatest sporting events of the year is just around the corner. The Super Bowl occurs on February 9th annually, drawing an average viewership of 123 million people. But what were some of the greatest moments of the past Super Bowls?

Facing impossible odds, the mighty 300 of Sparta made a stand at the Battle of Thermopylae that determined the course of history—despite how it ended.

Puxtasawney Phil saw his shadow on February 2, indicating North America would be forced to endure six more weeks of winter. Sure, this might seem like a quirky way to predict the weather, but weather prognostication is much older and centers around the European tradition of Candlemas. Let's explore the origins of Groundhog Day and what other animals we use to predict weather, sport, and more.

The Korean War broke out in 1950, following the resolution of World War II, lasting for three years, between 1950 and 1953. It ended with an Armistice agreement between North and South Korea, but no official peace treaty has ever been signed. Let's go over the most important events of the first military action by the United States after World War II.

Since independence in 1776, the United States has built one of the world's most powerful militaries. It has about 2 million active-duty military personnel across all branches and has engaged in over 100 military conflicts in the last 249 years, usually with success. But let's look at some wars that America didn't win.

Nowadays, there's talk of banning TikTok and social media for teenagers in Europe, but what about the toys of yesteryear that were banned? These toys were so dangerous that the government stepped in to take them off the shelves for everyone's safety.

In 2019, an English man got much more than he bargained for when he found an absolutely stunning lost treasure that belonged to one of the Tudor era’s most remarkable figures.

As Alex Trebek battled pancreatic cancer, one contestant risked it all to make a heartbreaking tribute to the beloved host.

Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia was a disastrous saga of brutal battles, blistering heat, and bitter cold that ultimately shattered his empire. From reports of cannibalism to walls built out of corpses, this was Napoleon’s nightmare.

Known for such hit albums as Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd was one of history's most impactful rock bands—before being torn down from within.