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Who Is Sadie Hawkins — And Why Is a Dance Named After Her?
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The Sadie Hawkins dance is a familiar tradition to most Americans, best known for the custom of girls asking boys to the dance instead of the other way around. In a world where women run businesses, lead governments, and head nearly half of U.S. households, setting aside one special night for girls to take the lead can feel unnecessary and outdated. Still, the story behind Sadie Hawkins herself offers a fascinating window into Depression-era America and the surprising ways popular culture can shape real-life traditions for generations. Mind you, Sadie Hawkins wasn’t a real person. ...Read More
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On a late spring evening in 1933, a crowd of moviegoers in New Jersey embarked on an entirely new viewing experience. They parked their cars in a lot in the…
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Arts & CultureFact1Comic books were once considered a national threat.
In the mid-20th century, comic books came under fire in the United States. Though the medium started out as reprinted collections of popular newspaper strips in the 1930s, it quickly…
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Arts & CultureArticle9Was Homer a Real Person?
For centuries, people have pondered one of the most enduring mysteries in literature: Was Homer, the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, a real person? Or is “Homer”…
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Arts & CultureFact23The “Guinness Book of Records” was created to settle arguments in pubs.
In 1954, Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, began research on a new book of records meant to help settle pub arguments. The idea stemmed from a…
