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• August 05 2009

  Soldier’s Son Fulfills Family Promise Made at Iwo Jima

  64 years ago, an American soldier made a promise to his Japanese hostage to keep his family photographs safe, and return them to his family one day if possible. The soldier never managed to locate the family—but decades later, his son finally fulfilled the promise. Read More

• June 25 2009

  The South Pole Doctor Who Treated Her Own Cancer

  In honor of her recent death, we'd like to share the story of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a doctor who discovered she had breast cancer while working in the remote South Pole, and was forced to treat her own disease in order to survive. Read More

• June 24 2009

  Archaelogists Discover World’s Earliest Musical Instruments

  Archaeologists recently discovered bone flutes that are at least 35,000 years old, proving that music truly is timeless. Read More

• May 26 2009

  ‘Mississippi Burning’ Town Elects Its First African-American Mayor

  More than 40 years after the brutal Ku Klux Klan lynching that made it famous, a Mississippi town has elected its first African-American mayor. Read More

• October 09 2008

  Cave Paintings Took Thousands of Years to Complete

  Archaeologists' new dating techniques reveal a shocking fact about cave paintings: many of the paintings were done over a period of 20,000 years or so. Read More

• September 23 2008

  600-Year-Old Cookbook Released Digitally

  This Thanksgiving, try some 600-year-old recipes created by King Richard II's chefs. Read More

• August 03 2008

  Van Gogh Painting Uncovered with X-Ray Vision

  It’s rare that we discover new works of art from 19th century masters - but it seems that the late Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh still has some tricks under his dusty sleeve. Read More

• June 28 2008

  An Unknown Baseball Great: Kiyoshi Suga

  Baseball may not be Canada's best-known sport – but one player, Kiyoshi Suga, deserves a spot in the hall of fame alongside other barrier-breaking greats like America's Jackie Robinson. Read More

• May 29 2008

  World’s Oldest Lightbulb Celebrates 107 Years Running

  A lightbulb at a firefighters' station in Livermore, California, has been running for more than 107 years. Read More

• May 05 2008

  An Unusual Breed of Backpacker: The Journeymen

  Most of us have run across a backpacker or two. But there’s one small group of German backpackers who might make even the most jaded adventurer raise an eyebrow: The journeymen. Read More

• April 05 2008

  America’s First Gospel Group: The Fisk Jubilee Singers

  A group of former slaves started a singing group to keep their school from shutting down - and more than a century later, America's first all-black hit singing group is still going strong. Read More

• February 18 2008

  Code Talkers: The Secret Heroes of World War II

  During World War II, a small group of Native American tribesmen were entrusted with translating the Allied troops' secret messages into a secret code based on their own native languages. Read More

• October 18 2007

  Behind the Veil: Iran’s Shirin Ebadi

  Iran's first female judge lost her title after the Iranian Revolution -- but now, this Nobel Prize-winner is fighting for women's equality in her country. And she hopes one million others will join her. Read More

• October 04 2007

  The Martyr of Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi

  She may weigh only 100 pounds and wear flowers in her hair, but the remarkable Aung San Suu Kyi could be Myanmar's greatest hope for peace. Read More

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