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The successful eradication of lynching as a socially acceptable tool of terror stems largely from the the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching (ASWPL) between 1930 - 1942. Via Mr. David Burton Delete the scoop?
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Gilder Lehrman has many amazing resources... like these free songs!: U.S. Hist: The Music and History of Our Times- articles and playlists on music from WWII to 9-11: http://t.co/Uynvu9Be... Via Mr. David Burton Delete the scoop?
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I can't verify the research, but it could foster an interesting debate in a sociology class - DK:
There are plenty of regional biases about other places. This map was generated by Google autocomplete. If you Google, "Why is Rhode Island so...." if will automatically suggest some responses. This was done for all the states and these autoresponses are quite revealing (and often humorous). Via Seth Dixon, Mr. David Burton 
Jesse Gauthier's comment,
September 2, 2012 9:59 PM
I find it funny that from state to state the same adjectives are being used over and over again. For example: "so boring," "so humid," and "so liberal." As much as there are stereotypes for each region, we share the same qualities as a union, for the most part.
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From TD-architects Theo Deutinger Rotterdam.
Rome was the first city with one million residents, with that occuring in 5 BC. Over a thousand years later, London and Beijing joined that group as industrialization became the impetus for wide-scale urbanization. Today we are seeing an explosion of "million cities" throughout the world. Tags: urban, megacities, unit 7 cities. Via Seth Dixon 
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September 21, 2012 1:51 PM
The data is from 2006, so it's a little dated, but still useful.
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From around 800 to 1100 A.D., bands of Scandinavian seafaring warriors known as the Vikings raided and settled in vast areas of eastern and western Europe. Over the next three centuries, they would leave their mark on much of Britain and the European continent, as well as parts of modern-day Russia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland.
Some historians have argued that the Vikings physical pressence within North America includes expeditions into the continent's enterior (runestones found in Minnesota and Oklahoma). Via Mr. David Burton Delete the scoop?
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Why does this just seem crazy to me?!? - DK
Archaeologists have discovered what they think are remains of a barn or blacksmith workshop in North Bethesda that could date to the days of Josiah Henson, a former slave whose autobiography inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." (Possible link to... Via Mr. David Burton Delete the scoop?
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