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elevators

What Do You Do When the President Gets Trapped in an Elevator?

LBJ, the Pentagon’s only passenger lift, and concern that a military coup was afoot.
January 3, 2018
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world war i

The Artists Who Depicted War in a Whole New Way

These unorthodox images were used to drum up support for World War I.
April 20, 2017
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cold war

A Brief History of Project Moby Dick, the Cold War's Least Believable Surveillance Strategy

The U.S. once launched hundreds of balloons in an attempt to spy on the Soviets.
March 24, 2017
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models

Found: A Miniature Working Model of the National Archives Vault

It had been forgotten down in the basement.
March 6, 2017