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Pointy jester shoes were what all the fancy gentlemen wore in the 1400s.

January 28, 2025

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January 30, 2025

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New Jersey is home to more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere else in the world.

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Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!

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