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Smithsonian Insider: October 6, 2010
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75 Years of the Blue Ridge Parkway 
Winding its way through Appalachia, the scenic road is the result of workers and politicians who blazed the trail in the 1930s 
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Ten Inventions That Inadvertently Transformed Warfare
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Debating on Television: Then and Now
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Looking at the World's Tattoos
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Photographer Chris Rainier travels the globe in search of tattoos and other examples of the urge to embellish our skin
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A Viking Mystery
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Beneath Oxford University, archaeologists have uncovered a medieval city that altered the course of English history
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The Origins of Life
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8th Annual Photo Contest
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(Think Fast Answer: Don Larsen) On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees right-hander Don Larsen allowed no hits and no baserunners in Game 5 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers