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100-Year-Old “Life Hacks” Found On Vintage Cigarette Cards

In the 1910s, the United Kingdom’s Gallaher brand cigarettes gave smokers a little something extra in each pack: proto-“life hacks” on pack-stiffening cigarette cards, complete with gorgeous, full-color illustrations. Want to know how to preserve fall leaves? Gallaher has you covered — as long as you can get your hands...

By Kellen Perry • Apr 27, 2017

100-Year-Old “Life Hacks” Found On Vintage Cigarette Cards

In the 1910s, the United Kingdom’s Gallaher brand cigarettes gave smokers a little something extra in each pack: proto-“life hacks” on pack-stiffening cigarette cards, complete with gorgeous, full-color illustrations. Want to know how to preserve fall leaves? Gallaher has you covered — as long as you can get your hands...

By Kellen Perry • April 27, 2017

Humans Lived In North America 115,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought, New Discovery Reveals

Bones unearthed in California suggest that humans lived there 130,000 years ago.

By John Kuroski • Apr 27, 2017

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Humans Lived In North America 115,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought, New Discovery Reveals

Bones unearthed in California suggest that humans lived there 130,000 years ago.

By John Kuroski • April 27, 2017

The Surprising Story Of The ‘Migrant Mother,’ The Heart-Wrenching Photograph That Embodied The Great Depression

Florence Owens Thompson, the woman in Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother," later expressed regrets over the famous picture and said she felt exploited by Lange.

By Richard Stockton • Apr 26, 2017

The Surprising Story Of The ‘Migrant Mother,’ The Heart-Wrenching Photograph That Embodied The Great Depression

Florence Owens Thompson, the woman in Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother," later expressed regrets over the famous picture and said she felt exploited by Lange.

By Richard Stockton • April 26, 2017

48 Snapshots Of Life In The Real Wild West

These authentic vintage photographs of the American frontier reveal what life was actually like in the "Wild West."

By Mark Oliver • Apr 25, 2017

48 Snapshots Of Life In The Real Wild West

These authentic vintage photographs of the American frontier reveal what life was actually like in the "Wild West."

By Mark Oliver • April 25, 2017

Meet The Suffragettes Who Defended Women’s Rights With Jujutsu

Recognizing that the right to vote wouldn't come without a fight, these women looked to the martial arts as a guide.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 23, 2017

Meet The Suffragettes Who Defended Women’s Rights With Jujutsu

Recognizing that the right to vote wouldn't come without a fight, these women looked to the martial arts as a guide.

By All That's Interesting • April 23, 2017

27 Raw Images That Document The Birth Of The Blues

No one person created the blues. It was a sound born from slaves on plantations, shaped in prison chain gangs, and turned into a new style of music on the back porches of poor, African-American homes in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, folklorists John, Alan, and Ruby Lomax traveled...

By Mark Oliver • Apr 22, 2017

27 Raw Images That Document The Birth Of The Blues

No one person created the blues. It was a sound born from slaves on plantations, shaped in prison chain gangs, and turned into a new style of music on the back porches of poor, African-American homes in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, folklorists John, Alan, and Ruby Lomax traveled...

By Mark Oliver • April 22, 2017

47 Photos Of Queen Elizabeth II Way Before She Looked Like Your Grandmother

From her World War 2 service to her coronation, these photos of a young Queen Elizabeth II capture her transformation from princess to queen.

By John Kuroski • Apr 21, 2017

47 Photos Of Queen Elizabeth II Way Before She Looked Like Your Grandmother

From her World War 2 service to her coronation, these photos of a young Queen Elizabeth II capture her transformation from princess to queen.

By John Kuroski • April 21, 2017

“Hobbits” May Actually Be Early Human Ancestor, New Research Shows

New research upends the theory that hobbits were more closely related to non-human species.

By Savannah Cox • Apr 21, 2017

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“Hobbits” May Actually Be Early Human Ancestor, New Research Shows

New research upends the theory that hobbits were more closely related to non-human species.

By Savannah Cox • April 21, 2017

This Man Has Decided To Call A Rock His “Sovereign Nation” — And He Might Not Be Totally Crazy

Where you see a jagged rock, Stuart Hill sees opportunity called the country of Forvik.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 20, 2017

Weird News

This Man Has Decided To Call A Rock His “Sovereign Nation” — And He Might Not Be Totally Crazy

Where you see a jagged rock, Stuart Hill sees opportunity called the country of Forvik.

By All That's Interesting • April 20, 2017

These Candid Shots Of 1960s Soviet Youth Might Surprise You

In the 1960s, many Americans imagined life behind the Iron Curtain as drab and depressing. But when LIFE magazine photographer Bill Eppridge photographed young people for an issue on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, he found that simmering with the Soviets was actually a pretty great time. It...

By All That's Interesting • Apr 20, 2017

These Candid Shots Of 1960s Soviet Youth Might Surprise You

In the 1960s, many Americans imagined life behind the Iron Curtain as drab and depressing. But when LIFE magazine photographer Bill Eppridge photographed young people for an issue on the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, he found that simmering with the Soviets was actually a pretty great time. It...

By All That's Interesting • April 20, 2017

Inside COINTELPRO, The Covert FBI Counterintelligence Program That Targeted Political Dissidents

From 1956 to 1971, the FBI went to extreme lengths to discredit "subversive" political movements, from communists and civil rights groups to anti-war protesters and feminist organizations.

By Richard Stockton • Apr 18, 2017

Inside COINTELPRO, The Covert FBI Counterintelligence Program That Targeted Political Dissidents

From 1956 to 1971, the FBI went to extreme lengths to discredit "subversive" political movements, from communists and civil rights groups to anti-war protesters and feminist organizations.

By Richard Stockton • April 18, 2017

The Dark Story Of Joseph Kennedy, The Businessman And Diplomat Who Pushed His Sons Into Politics

The father of John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. demanded that his son run for president and funded his campaign — using a fortune that some believe came from bootlegging.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 17, 2017

The Dark Story Of Joseph Kennedy, The Businessman And Diplomat Who Pushed His Sons Into Politics

The father of John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. demanded that his son run for president and funded his campaign — using a fortune that some believe came from bootlegging.

By All That's Interesting • April 17, 2017