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This episode originally aired on December 5, 2019.On Easter Monday in 1930, a fire trapped hundreds of inmates in the aging Ohio Penitentiary just minutes…
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Before highways or even railroads were the preferred means of transportation in Ohio, canals were considered the cutting edge of travel technology.
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Central Ohio is home to many historic neighborhoods with unique architectural identities. Most neighborhoods, such as German Village and Victorian…
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This episode originally aired on June 5, 2019.June 6 marks the anniversary of D-Day, when more than 150,000 Allied troops spilled onto five beach along…
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Circleville, Ohio was established over 200 years ago, but the land where it sits has a cultural history that goes back much further.Cassandra Welch wrote…
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Columbus’s historic German Village neighborhood certainly has its fair share of stately mansions, but the area is better known for its small “cozy” brick…
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The 1.5 million-year-old fossils of human ancestors recently unearthed in Ethiopia show sophistication in behaviors and tool use, said the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) researchers who found them, despite one example having the smallest cranium of any specimen found in Africa to date. One Homo erectus female cranium found is a little less than half the size of our brains, said CWRU anatomy professor Scott Simpson, who worked with the team that discovered the fossils.
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The names given to towns, buildings, and streets can often indicate a lot about a community's history. It can also reveal some unsettling…
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Wikipedia is a well-known first stop on the internet when it comes to researching just about anything - except, perhaps, notable women. Not only are 84%...
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Curious CbusStatues of men can be found all over Columbus. If you're looking for a statue of a woman, you can find those as well. But more often than not, those sculptures have titles like “Mother” or “Peace.” They take inspiration from the female form, rather than real-life women.