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Salt Mounds Bolivia

4 Bizarre Items You Won’t Believe Were Once Used As Currency

When we think of currency today, the first thing that comes to mind is paper, coin, or credit, but the value of money is of course relative depending on where, and when, you’re looking to spend it. Throughout history, food and other surprising items have been used as forms of...

By All That's Interesting Sep 11, 2017

4 Bizarre Items You Won’t Believe Were Once Used As Currency

When we think of currency today, the first thing that comes to mind is paper, coin, or credit, but the value of money is of course relative depending on where, and when, you’re looking to spend it. Throughout history, food and other surprising items have been used as forms of...

By All That's Interesting September 11, 2017
Kennedys Sitting On Boat
Kennedys Sitting On Boat

“One Brief Shining Moment”: The Kennedy Romance In Photos

They met over asparagus at a dinner party in 1952: future commander-in-chief John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy, a 35-year-old congressman from Boston, asked Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier, a 23-year-old photographer from Newport, out on a date while leaning across the table, ostensibly in search of the vegetable. She thought he was “charming...

By Kellen Perry Sep 11, 2017

“One Brief Shining Moment”: The Kennedy Romance In Photos

They met over asparagus at a dinner party in 1952: future commander-in-chief John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy, a 35-year-old congressman from Boston, asked Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier, a 23-year-old photographer from Newport, out on a date while leaning across the table, ostensibly in search of the vegetable. She thought he was “charming...

By Kellen Perry September 11, 2017
Girl Holding Sword
Girl Holding Sword

This Week In History News, September 3 – 9

Excalibur possibly found, ancient city to be washed away, pre-Pyramid ruins discovered in Canada, mysterious manuscript decoded, new Holocaust revelations come to light.

By All That's Interesting Sep 8, 2017

This Week In History News, September 3 – 9

Excalibur possibly found, ancient city to be washed away, pre-Pyramid ruins discovered in Canada, mysterious manuscript decoded, new Holocaust revelations come to light.

By All That's Interesting September 8, 2017
Juanita Display
Juanita Display

Meet The Inca Ice Maiden, Perhaps The Best-Preserved Mummy In Human History

The must-see attraction for visitors to Museo Santuarios Andinos (Museum of Andean Sanctuaries) in Arequipa, Peru is without a doubt the Mummy Juanita, one of the world’s best-preserved corpses. Her full head of dark hair is still intact and the skin on her hands and arms, discoloration aside, shows almost...

By Joel Stice Sep 7, 2017

Meet The Inca Ice Maiden, Perhaps The Best-Preserved Mummy In Human History

The must-see attraction for visitors to Museo Santuarios Andinos (Museum of Andean Sanctuaries) in Arequipa, Peru is without a doubt the Mummy Juanita, one of the world’s best-preserved corpses. Her full head of dark hair is still intact and the skin on her hands and arms, discoloration aside, shows almost...

By Joel Stice September 7, 2017
Women Drilling
Women Drilling

38 Rousing Photos Of The American Workers That Helped The Allies Win World War II

The story of the United States’ involvement in World War II is well known to even those with only a passing knowledge of history. In schools across America, kids learn much about their country’s great wartime victories overseas at places like Iwo Jima and Normandy. What we know less about...

By Gabe Paoletti Sep 7, 2017

38 Rousing Photos Of The American Workers That Helped The Allies Win World War II

The story of the United States’ involvement in World War II is well known to even those with only a passing knowledge of history. In schools across America, kids learn much about their country’s great wartime victories overseas at places like Iwo Jima and Normandy. What we know less about...

By Gabe Paoletti September 7, 2017
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