The following is an article from Uncle John's Curi...  ...LAND OF OPPORTUNITY In 1865 the American Civil War came to an end and four million black slaves were...  ...ancing black man became so well known that by the Civil War , the words "Jim Crow" had become a racial slur.)...

Sticking your face into someone else's picture...  ...tly as old as photography itself -or at least the Civil War . Link

Among hundreds of women who acted as spies during...  ...g hundreds of women who acted as spies during the Civil War , Elizabeth Van Lew stands out as one of the most...  ...ble information received from Richmond during the war .” Despite her bravery and the Union victory, V...  ...rs and found it hard to sup...

The following is an article from the science humor...  ...n Europe is abuzz with the latest flare-up in the war between the sexes, and for the moment, the women...  ...Combining my knowledge from these sources, I must warn the mothers and wives and cohabitées of Europe t...  .... I know your “drying off” ri...

Skava lacked transit facilities for its prisone...  ...m the Inta curse, and if Arland continued to wage war on the Hutman that was exactly what he would do....  ...confession. In the rush of distractions from the war he had neglected the subject during which time sh...  ...eak room seated on an angle block she...

*** Orly invited the family to his side of the c...  ...riting a novel set on a sphere but decided only a warped author would construct something so convoluted. T...  ...amba, and developing new antiaircraft weaponry to ward off the expected Arland retaliation. Skavian scie...  ...leaving it to the mercy of Ar...

Ah, the 19th century, when men wore their manl...  ...arber. Luckily, cameras were around during the US Civil War so that we may still admire the mustaches, beards...

Ivy stood at the chopping block dicing celery in...  ...kering and bargaining as much as the sharing, the warts and calluses along with the smiles. She wanted to...  ...is months away. That was it. He would call it Nut Wars . He figured he could string it out for six or sev...  ...ceived as a brilliant metaphor...

Yes, the Ghostbusters were there at the Second Battle of Dantooine. Check your history reference books if you're skeptical. Link via Popped Culture | Photo: Columbus Dispatch/Jeff Hinckley...

While houses may look entirely different on the ou...  ...ap gas mask filter in place of cotton. After the war , the company started selling the material as a di...  ...ew fairly steadily, it really took off during the Civil War . At that point, the company was awarded a contrac...