In this video, we recreate a vintage phone bench inspired by a project from an old Popular Science magazine. Follow along to ...

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An influential former US prosecutor is investigating the individual and corporate funds that financed the escape of German war criminals ...

This colorized and restored footage takes us back to a time when life in America moved at a different pace. From the 1940s into the 1950s, everyday scenes of beaches, city streets, family vacations, ...

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The founder of the well-known non-profit organization who died in 1986 is at the center of revelations about 'sexual abuse' ...