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The 1920s federal program that deliberately poisoned alcohol and killed thousands of Americans during Prohibition

Wikimedia Commons When the US Government Poisoned Americans During Prohibition The U. S. government once ran a secret program ...
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These North African pirates enslaved American sailors until the US Navy burned their way to victory

Wikimedia Commons The Barbary Wars America’s young navy faced its first real test when North African pirates started seizing ...
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The illiterate Cherokee who invented “talking leaves” and gave his nation higher literacy than white settlers

Wikimedia Commons/Charles Bird King How Cherokee Leader Sequoyah Ensured His People’s Language Survived In 1809, a Cherokee ...
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This Swiss immigrant became Sitting Bull’s advocate and got smeared as his mistress by the government

Wikimedia Commons/Caroline Weldon Caroline Weldon, doomed savior of Sitting Bull Most people have never heard of Caroline ...