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Sep 21, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Dave Roos

    What the FBI’s First Unabomber Sketch Got Wrong | HISTORY (opens the original)

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    The FBI released two sketches of the Unabomber suspect: the first in 1987 and a second, which became iconic, in 1994. The first FBI sketch of the Unabomber, later found to be Ted Kaczynski, released in February 1987. On October 6, 1993, the director of the FBI held a nationally televised press conference to announce a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a “most wanted” terrorist known to the FBI as “UNABOM.” For 15 years, UNABOM, who would eventually kill three people and

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Dave Roos

    Were Dinosaurs Warm- or Cold-Blooded? | HISTORY (opens the original)

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    Tyrannosaurus rex was likely warm-blooded, but what about other dinosaurs? An illustration of Tyrannosaurus rex, which research has concluded was warm-blooded. One of the most basic biological questions about dinosaurs is still debated among paleontologists: Were dinosaurs warm-blooded or cold-blooded? A century ago, many scientists assumed that all dinosaurs were sluggish, cold-blooded reptiles that lazed in the sun like lizards to regulate their body temperature. But starting in the late 1960s

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Dave Roos

    The ‘Brown Box’ That Pioneered Home Gaming | HISTORY (opens the original)

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    In 1969, a homely device helped launch the video game industry. Ralph Baer shows the prototype of his "Brown Box," the first video game console, in July 2009. Before there was Nintendo, before there were arcade games like Pac-Man, before the term “video game” even existed, there was the Brown Box. In the late 1960s, engineer Ralph Baer and his colleague Bill Harrison plugged a clunky, faux wood-paneled box into a TV and played an electronic game of ping-pong. The Brown Box was the first proof-of

  4. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Dave Roos

    How State Fairs Became an American Tradition: Photos | HISTORY (opens the original)

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    From the start, state fairs have attracted crowds with livestock competitions, rides and tasty food. A Future Farmers of America member walks her beef cow before the judges at the Oregon State Fair, 2008. In 1808, a retired banker and gentleman farmer named Elkanah Watson paraded two Merino sheep around the town square of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Watson was trying to convince Massachusetts farmers to raise the new breed for its high-quality wool. Watson later helped found the Berkshire Agricul

  5. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Dave Roos

    How Final Phone Calls Tell the Story of September 11th | HISTORY (opens the original)

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    Wrenching audio recordings and transcripts reveal the human cost of the historic tragedy. Workers near the White House and the Old Executive Office Building on September 11, 2001, in Washington, D.C. On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history. The story of that dreadful day is mostly told through the shocking video footage captured by live news broadcasts and stunned bystanders on the streets of lower Manhattan. As horrific as it

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