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A debate that went into extra innings: Can baseballs curve?

Beginning in the earliest days of baseball, fans, journalists and even physicists disputed whether or not pitchers could make a ball curve.

How food found its way into the freezer

While on a research trip to the Arctic in the early 20th century, scientist Clarence Birdseye — a name you might recognize from the frozen food aisle — made an observation that would go on to change the way we eat.

The man who helped create the first measles vaccine didn’t vaccinate his own son

In the 1950s, millions of people suffered from measles every year. David Edmonston, an 11-year-old student, became the cure.

Clara Barton, America's most famous nurse, broke boundaries to treat Civil War victims

The nurse who founded the American Red Cross had no formal training in medicine. She tended to countless wounded soldiers.

Why Naval Academy students climb a greased up obelisk every year

Every year, freshmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis take part in an annual tradition where they must climb a 21 foot high obelisk covered in vegetable shortening and place a hat at the very top.