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Every spring, the best anglers in the Midwest converge on Lake Erie to try to catch the biggest Walleye and... more
In 2007, two Iowa-born brothers launched an artisanal chocolate company, Mast Brothers, out of an apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn—the hipster... more
In the 1910s, the New York City Post Office was having trouble delivering children's letters addressed to Santa Claus. So... more
In 1912, a British amateur archaeologist found fossils that would change the face of evolution. Charles Dawson claimed he had... more
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When Indian journalist Nidhi Razdan was tapped for a job as an associate professor at Harvard, she was overjoyed. She... more
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Nigeria was struggling with a kidnapping crisis, that is until Abba Kyari took over as the head of an elite... more
Nigeria was struggling with a kidnapping crisis, that is until Abba Kyari took over as the head of an elite police unit.... more