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While there are more than 15,000 museums in our country, visitors get to see only about five percent of any institution's collections. Most museums simply don't have room to display everything they've got. However, there are a wide variety of surprising and intriguing reasons that, for example, the Smithsonian Institution doesn't display its collection of condoms, Florida's Lightner Museum locks up all but one of its shrunken heads, and a world-class...
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"Discover illustrated profiles of the weird, outrageous (and true!) tales from American history that don't appear in school textbooks. From the creators of the comedy/history podcast The Dollop, The United States of Absurdity presents short, informative, and hilarious stories of the most outlandish (but true) people, events, and more from United States history. Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds cover the weird stories you didn't learn in...
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New York University Press
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English
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"Based on extensive research and their own unique personal experiences, the authors reveal that a significant number of Americans hold these beliefs, and that for better or worse, we undoubtedly live in a paranormal America. Readers will join the authors as they participate in psychic and palm readings, and have their auras photographed, join a Bigfoot hunt, follow a group of celebrity ghost hunters as they investigate claims of a haunted classroom,...
11) Go, go America
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Scholastic Press
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2008.
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English
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A collection of odd facts, including festivals, contests, and laws,about the states of the United States.
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Blackbirch Press
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[1998]
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English
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Describes ten naturally occuring curiosities in the United States, including Acoustic Sand Mountain, Austin's bat colony, bristlecone pine trees, the flaming fountain in Pierre, South Dakota, and the Thurston lava tubes.
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Centre Communications
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[2010]
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English
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"This compelling documentary series presents a countdown of America's 60 most notorious unsolved mysteries and crimes. Explores all the unanswered questions throughout 10 fascinating episodes in this dramatic compilation program"--Container jacket.
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