In 1858, London faced the repercussions of centuries of reckless waste disposal into the River…
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The Age of Steam, and the capturing of its power, was one of the driving…
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In 1829, amidst London’s polluted air, physician and gardener Nathaniel Ward devised a revolutionary solution—his…
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Quackery is as old as the stars. It would seem that for every fool with…
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The history of the potato chip is a rather unexpected tale. There are several different…
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In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. This act stated that any “honest…