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Was George Washington Really Offered a Chance to Be King of the U.S.? | HowStuffWorks
How close did America come to having a monarchy? HowStuffWorks finds out whether George Washington could have been King of the U.S.
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When Howard Hughes Helped the CIA on a Top-Secret Mission
In 1968, when the CIA needed help with an audacious Cold War operation, officials decided that eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes would be the perfect man for the job.
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6 Valuable Shipwrecks Still Waiting to Be Found
These mysterious undersea sites might contain millions (or billions) in lost treasure.
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10 Interesting Facts about Pearl Harbor I New Interesting Facts
Here are 10 interesting facts about Pearl Harbor you might not know
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5 Things You Didn't Know About Alan Shepard
Nov. 18 is Alan Shepard's birthday. HowStuffWorks Now shares some little-known facts about the first American in space.
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10 Huge Misconceptions About Famous Medieval Figures
Renaissance thinkers didn’t heap much praise on the Middle Ages, but the period is full of inspiring figures who performed …
