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Declaration of Independence. By John Trumbull, 1818. The Committee of Five stands at the center. Thomas Jefferson is depicted presenting the draft Declaration to the Second Continental Congress ...

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Have you ever seen those time-lapse videos of an Amish community building a barn in one day? These random facts put those busybodies to shame.

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