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The Irish Potato Famine: An Unnatural Disaster, Pt. 1

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Hindenburg and the History of Philately

In 1930, the US post office issued a set of three stamps exclusively for mail on the graph Zeppelin around the world flight. A good picture of the smoking room may be seen in the movie The Hindenburg starring George C. Scott. There is some debate about exactly what the bad decisions were in the context of the potato famine. And you can learn about a whole lot of awesome stuff at our website, howstuffworks.com.

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