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    Join us March 3 at 7pm EST for a discussion with , author of "You Never Forget Your First," as she explores everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about the Founding Father’s golden years. Get your tickets before they are gone:

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  2. Enemy combatants likely captured and bound the ruler before delivering a series of fatal blows.

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  3. These love bugs are already monogamous, so they mate for life and never stray from the rotten log they call home-sweet-home to find another sweetheart.

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  4. Researchers with the British Antarctic Survey were hoping to gather a sample of the ocean floor from beneath the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf when they happened upon an unexpected, miniature ecosystem.

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  5. You probably wouldn’t eat this meal for breakfast—but why?

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  6. Long before sugary breakfast cereals were a normal morning fare, there was Granula.

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  7. The story of how DNA's structure was discovered is a typical scientific story of generations of research building on one another.

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  8. Abigail and John Adams's letters to each other show a rare marriage of equals, historians say.

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  9. We are excited to announce the finalists of the 18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest! Voting for the Readers’ Choice winner is now open! Come back daily through March 31 to vote for your favorite photo.

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  10. Michelangelo was born in 1475.

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  11. The first periodic table of chemical elements was presented in 1869.

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  12. Having a dental procedure is painful enough with modern medicine—but it must've been even worse before the invention of high-speed drills and pain killers.

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  13. Georgia O'Keeffe died in 1986.

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  14. in 1981, Walter Cronkite retired as anchorman of The CBS Evening News.

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  15. in 1899, the painkiller Asprin was registered as a trademark.

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  16. A new form of entertainment and a wandering trainload of frozen turkey triggered a convenience food boom.

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  17. On March 6, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan’s ships, weary and hungry, pulled up to the island, beginning 300 years of Spanish conquest.

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  18. Documentary accounts of the final battle, on March 6, 1836 are based largely on journals of Mexican officers and the stories of a few noncombatant survivors who had sheltered inside the Alamo.

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  19. The building got its start in 1890 after a number of local bakeries merged to create the New York Biscuit Company and constructed an array of six-story Romanesque-style bakeries.

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  20. Martha Washington's wardrobe indicates a fashionista who embraced bold colors and sumptuous fabrics that conveyed her lofty social and economic standing.

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  21. In a local supermarket, a frozen food section is a matter of course, but have you ever wondered who had the idea to make a business out of preserving food this way?

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