BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "history" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:00:14 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) A Short History Of Thomas Edison http://www.buzzfeed.com/jeremiahjw/a-short-history-of-thomas-edison-2h1e Saturday marks the 165th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Edison. You probably know him as the dude that made the lightbulb. Guess what? He didn't. Keep watching to see what else he didn't actually invent.

Saturday is the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Edison. You probably know him as the dude that made the lightbulb. Guess what? He didn't. Keep watching to see what else he didn't actually invent.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jeremiahjw/a-short-history-of-thomas-edison-2h1e Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:02:07 -0500 <b>Saturday marks the 165th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Edison.</b> You probably know him as the dude that made the lightbulb. Guess what? He didn&#39;t. Keep watching to see what else he didn&#39;t actually invent. jeremiahjw nonadult Current Events As Explained By Facebook Feeds http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6699476/news-feed-history-of-the-world-january-2012

You have to laugh at these. Or you’ll cry.

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]]> http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6699476/news-feed-history-of-the-world-january-2012 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:17:07 -0500 <b>You have to laugh at these.</b> Or you'll cry. collegehumor nonadult Doomsday Speeches For National Events Uncovered http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/doomsday-speeches-if-d-day-and-the-moon-landing-had-failed/251953/

What would the president have said if the astronauts had become stranded on the moon? These speeches aren’t alternate history; they are actual documents that were luckily never needed.

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]]> http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/doomsday-speeches-if-d-day-and-the-moon-landing-had-failed/251953/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:17:08 -0500 <b>What would the president have said if the astronauts had become stranded on the moon?</b> These speeches aren't alternate history; they are actual documents that were luckily never needed. theatlantic.com nonadult Pres. John Tyler&#39;s Grandchildren Are Still Alive http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/pres-john-tylers-grandchildren-still-alive_n_1232430.html

Try to do the math on this: John Tyler was born in 1790, and became the 10th president of the United States. And two of his grandchildren are still alive!

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]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/pres-john-tylers-grandchildren-still-alive_n_1232430.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:17:12 -0500 <b>Try to do the math on this: John Tyler was born in 1790, and became the 10th president of the United States.</b> And two of his grandchildren are still alive! aolweirdnews nonadult 15 Photos From Kodak&rsquo;s Glory Days http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/01/19/the-once-great-eastman-kodak-company-in-its-glory-days-photos.html

The 130-year-old company recently filed for bankruptcy and may shutter its doors for good. But in 1900, Eastman Kodak introduced the Brownie, the first mass-market camera that allowed anyone to take a picture and revolutionized the world.

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]]> http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/01/19/the-once-great-eastman-kodak-company-in-its-glory-days-photos.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:17:07 -0500 <b>The 130-year-old company recently filed for bankruptcy and may shutter its doors for good.</b> But in 1900, Eastman Kodak introduced the Brownie, the first mass-market camera that allowed anyone to take a picture and revolutionized the world. thedailybeast nonadult 10 Legendary Bad Girls Of Literature http://flavorwire.com/250236/10-legendary-bad-girls-of-literature

Stereotypes are for sissies. For almost three thousand years, women writers have refused to be put into a box.

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]]> http://flavorwire.com/250236/10-legendary-bad-girls-of-literature Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:17:08 -0500 <b>Stereotypes are for sissies.</b> For almost three thousand years, women writers have refused to be put into a box. flavorwire nonadult 5 Crazy Ways People Amused Themselves Before TV http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/114551

Before people had hundreds of channels, if they wanted to watch surgery or gawk at celebrity babies, they had to actually leave the house. But at least two of these pastimes have made it into the modern era.

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]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/114551 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:17:07 -0500 <b>Before people had hundreds of channels, if they wanted to watch surgery or gawk at celebrity babies, they had to actually leave the house.</b> But at least two of these pastimes have made it into the modern era. mentalfloss.com nonadult 10 Iconic Black And White Photos Lovingly Recolored http://flavorwire.com/250089/iconic-black-and-white-photos-amazingly-recolored

It's strange how color makes historical people and places more “real”. There must be some psychological explanation behind that.

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]]> http://flavorwire.com/250089/iconic-black-and-white-photos-amazingly-recolored Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:17:07 -0500 <b>It&#39;s strange how color makes historical people and places more "real".</b> There must be some psychological explanation behind that. flavorwire nonadult 7 Things You Didn't Know About Joan Of Arc http://www.history.com/news/2012/01/06/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-joan-of-arc/

Happy 600th birthday, Joan! Maybe… No official records of the date exist, and Joan herself could only guess she was 19 during her trial for heresy in 1431. Either way, we’re gonna run with it!

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]]> http://www.history.com/news/2012/01/06/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-joan-of-arc/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:17:07 -0500 <b>Happy 600th birthday, Joan!</b> Maybe... No official records of the date exist, and Joan herself could only guess she was 19 during her trial for heresy in 1431. Either way, we're gonna run with it! history.com nonadult Susan B. Anthony/"Work It!" Mashup http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/susan-b-anthony-quotes-photoshopped-on-to-abc39 In honor of ABC's new sictom “Work It!,” here are 5 Susan B. Anthony quotes photoshopped on to screencaps. “Honor.”

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/susan-b-anthony-quotes-photoshopped-on-to-abc39 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:17:08 -0500 <b>In honor of ABC&#39;s new sictom "Work It!," here are 5 Susan B. Anthony quotes photoshopped on to screencaps.</b> "Honor." ryanhatesthis nonadult Newt Gingrich: Hemp-Growing Founding Fathers Would Crack Down On Pot Farmers http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/newt-gingrich-confused-about-founding-fathers-dru Gingrich said today in New Hampshire that the founding fathers would “strongly discourage” marijuana growers. Didn't Thomas Jefferson and George Washington both grow hemp?

CONCORD, NH -- Newt Gingrich is already in New Hampshire and kicked off his day with a town hall meeting in Concord. Gingrich fielded a number of questions about drug policy, including one from a man who said that many in the Live Free or Die state don't like the federal government's involvement in stopping weed growing operations. "Would Thomas Jefferson or George Washington be arrested for growing marijuana?" the man asked.

Gingrich responded, "I think Jefferson and George Washington would strongly discourage you from growing marijuana, and their tactics to stop you would be more violent than they would be today."

Gingrich, a historian, did not mention that both Washington and Jefferson grew hemp on their plantations.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/newt-gingrich-confused-about-founding-fathers-dru Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:32:08 -0500 <strong>Gingrich said today in New Hampshire that the founding fathers would "strongly discourage" marijuana growers.</strong> Didn&#39;t Thomas Jefferson and George Washington both grow hemp? rosiegray nonadult First Woman To Circle The Globe Honored At Last http://www.history.com/news/2012/01/03/first-woman-to-circle-the-globe-honored-at-last/

Nearly 250 years after Jeanne Baret became the first woman to circumnavigate the planet, she is finally getting her due. A French botanist who disguised herself as a man to join Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s journey around the world, she helped classify hundreds of species.

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]]> http://www.history.com/news/2012/01/03/first-woman-to-circle-the-globe-honored-at-last/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:17:09 -0500 <b>Nearly 250 years after Jeanne Baret became the first woman to circumnavigate the planet, she is finally getting her due.</b> A French botanist who disguised herself as a man to join Louis Antoine de Bougainville's journey around the world, she helped classify hundreds of species. history.com nonadult Car Radio Initially Caused Panic And Fear http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/112013

These confounded technologies are dangerous and distracting to drivers! No, not cell phones. This was the rallying cry behind an attempt to ban car radios in the 1930s.

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]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/112013 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:17:09 -0500 <b>These confounded technologies are dangerous and distracting to drivers!</b> No, not cell phones. This was the rallying cry behind an attempt to ban car radios in the 1930s. mentalfloss.com nonadult Why Is Santa So Fat? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/111329

Santa has a problem. And we’re all horrible enablers, forcing him to consume millions of cookies and gallons of milk in one night.

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]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/111329 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:17:09 -0500 <b>Santa has a problem.</b> And we're all horrible enablers, forcing him to consume millions of cookies and gallons of milk in one night. mentalfloss.com nonadult 12 Biggest Sex Scandals You’ve Never Heard Of http://www.trutv.com/conspiracy/bizarre/strange-sex-scandals/gallery.html

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What do you mean Eleanor Roosevelt was a lesbian? From a Hollywood star to the richest woman in Germany, these people were caught up in the biggest tabloid stories of their time.

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]]> http://www.trutv.com/conspiracy/bizarre/strange-sex-scandals/gallery.html Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:17:09 -0500 <b>Whoa, whoa, whoa.</b> What do you mean Eleanor Roosevelt was a lesbian? From a Hollywood star to the richest woman in Germany, these people were caught up in the biggest tabloid stories of their time. trutv.com nonadult Landlord Defends "Whites Only" Pool Sign http://www.theroot.com/buzz/whites-only-pool-sign-ohio

Hold up, let me make sure we haven’t all mistakenly taken a wrong turn into the 1960s. An Ohio landlord wants a state civil rights commission to reconsider its decision that found her to have discriminated against a black girl by placing a “Whites Only” sign at a swimming pool.

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]]> http://www.theroot.com/buzz/whites-only-pool-sign-ohio Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:17:09 -0500 <b>Hold up, let me make sure we haven't all mistakenly taken a wrong turn into the 1960s.</b> An Ohio landlord wants a state civil rights commission to reconsider its decision that found her to have discriminated against a black girl by placing a "Whites Only" sign at a swimming pool. theroot.com nonadult The Thirteen Club's Ancient War On Bad Luck http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/110445

Some of America’s greatest minds scoffed at the concept of superstition. They were so flippant about the number thirteen and all its connotations that they formed the “Thirteen Club” in challenge.

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]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/110445 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:17:08 -0500 <b>Some of America's greatest minds scoffed at the concept of superstition.</b> They were so flippant about the number thirteen and all its connotations that they formed the "Thirteen Club" in challenge. mentalfloss.com nonadult 5 Facts About Pearl Harbor And The USS Arizona http://www.history.com/news/2011/12/07/5-facts-about-pearl-harbor-and-the-uss-arizona/

On this date in 1941, Japanese fighter planes attacked the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, launching one of the deadliest attacks in American history. Commemorate the 70th anniversary by exploring little-known facts about the attack.

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]]> http://www.history.com/news/2011/12/07/5-facts-about-pearl-harbor-and-the-uss-arizona/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:17:10 -0500 <b>On this date in 1941, Japanese fighter planes attacked the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, launching one of the deadliest attacks in American history.</b> Commemorate the 70th anniversary by exploring little-known facts about the attack. history.com nonadult Perez Hamilton Is The Best Perez Hilton Parody Ever http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2011/12/perez-hamilton-is-the-best-perez-hilton-parody-tumblr-evar/

Imagine if internet cockroach Perez Hilton was around during the Colonial era. That’s the essential premise of PerezHamilton.com, and it’s pretty genius.

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]]> http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2011/12/perez-hamilton-is-the-best-perez-hilton-parody-tumblr-evar/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:17:09 -0500 <b>Imagine if internet cockroach Perez Hilton was around during the Colonial era.</b> That's the essential premise of PerezHamilton.com, and it's pretty genius. uproxx nonadult My Great-Great Grandmother&#39;s Autograph Book From 1886 http://www.buzzfeed.com/agh/an-autograph-book-from-1886 This is my great-great grandmother's autograph book. Her name was Grace. Here are some of the entries in her book, including a stamp from the man she would go on to marry.

"Remember me when this you see" G. B. Stevens (?)

"With compliments of James Shea, Wilmington, NY"

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/agh/an-autograph-book-from-1886 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:02:08 -0500 <b>This is my great-great grandmother&#39;s autograph book.</b> Her name was Grace. Here are some of the entries in her book, including a stamp from the man she would go on to marry. agh nonadult