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- The Gernsback Continuum by William Gibson (1981) https://web.archive.org/web/20070217183337/http:/www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1988/1/1988_1_34.shtml 50 comments
- Whatever Happened to New Math? (1990) https://www.americanheritage.com/whatever-happened-new-math-0#1 101 comments
- The Example of Private Slovik (1987) https://www.americanheritage.com/example-private-slovik 15 comments
- The Unexpected Mrs. Stowe (1973) http://www.americanheritage.com/content/unexpected-mrs-stowe?page=show 6 comments history
- If Only Mr. Madison Had Waited - Gambling on a diplomatic coup with a wily Napoleon, he maneuvered America into the needless War of 1812 http://www.americanheritage.com/content/if-only-mr-madison-had-waited%E2%80%94?page=show 4 comments history
- The President and the Lunatic: After assassinating President Garfield, a lunatic gunman mounted an insanity defense, which the jury, and the nation, rejected despite compelling evidence to the contrary http://www.americanheritage.com/content/president-and-lunatic-1?page=show 4 comments history
- Josephine Cochrane made the first mechanical dishwasher in 1886 because her servants kept chipping the family china http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1999/2/1999_2_54.shtml 7 comments history
- Today in Political History: The first recorded assassination attempt on a US President ends with Andrew Jackson beating the living sh*t out of the would-be assassin http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/web/20070130-richard-lawrence-andrew-jackson-assassination-warren-r-davis.shtml 19 comments politics
- Incubators for newborn infants were developed not in a medical research facility but at Coney Island Freakshow http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1994/2/1994_2_24.shtml 7 comments history
- Incubators for newborn infants were developed not in a medical research facility but at Coney Island Freakshow http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1994/2/1994_2_24.shtml 9 comments science
- A century ago, a skilled and fearless stunt pilot landed a wire-and-wood aircraft on a ship’s deck—and introduced the era of naval aviation http://www.americanheritage.com/rss/articles/web/20101227-naval-aviation-anniversary-eugene-ely-glenn-curtiss.shtml 3 comments history
- A ranking of the forty wealthiest Americans of all time http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1998/6/1998_6_56.shtml 6 comments business
- Two hundred and fifty years ago, Major Robert Rogers and his rangers launched a daring wilderness raid against an enemy village, but paid a steep price. http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/web/20090605-robert-rogers-french-indian-war-the-seven-years-war-native-american-indian-1812-war-john-ross.shtml 3 comments history
- The Grapes of Wrath: Lewd, Foul, and Obscene? When they tried to ban Steinbeck's book, the very fundaments of America's system were in doubt. http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/web/20080919-steinbeck-obscene-in-the-extreme-the-grapes-of-wrath-book-banning-censorship.shtml 10 comments history
- Before Watergate, There was the Teapot Dome Scandal http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web/20080103-teapot-dome-scandal.shtml 6 comments history
- Why to be cautious with Bisphenol-A: The history of DDT...Miracle insecticide in 1936 followed by 35 years of alarming observations before the US banned it in 1972. http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1971/2/1971_2_44.shtml 13 comments science
- In the age of the five and dime with its soda fountain, Woolworth was king--what Wal-Mart is today. Why did it have to die? http://www.americanheritage.com/events/articles/web/20070717-woolworth-business-retail-five-and-ten-urbanization-suburbanization-walmart.shtml 3 comments reddit.com
- Mobile Phone Ideas circa 1973 http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2007/3/2007_3_20.shtml 10 comments reddit.com