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Jeremiah Button Caught After Three Years In Wisconsin Bunker

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Jeremiah Button even had a bike-powered generator for those overcast days when his solar panels weren't doing the trick.Marathon County Sheriff’s OfficeJeremiah Button successfully hid himself away for more than three years in his bunker — until curious hunter Thomas Nelson noticed an odd shack hidden in the foliage. About a year and a half after Jeremiah Button was released on a $25,000 cash bond, he vanished into thin air. It was early 2016 and he was two weeks away from a jury trial in Portage County, Wisconsin to face charges of first-degree child sexual assault and possession of child pornography. Read More...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' Speech And The Story Behind It

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When he took the podium to deliver the "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King wasn't even going to utter that immortal line — then fate interceded.On August 27, 1963 — the night before one of U.S. history’s most momentous demonstrations — Martin Luther King Jr. and his colleagues set up shop in Washington, D.C.’s Willard Hotel, where they made some final preparations for King’s “I Have a Dream” speech that was to be delivered the next day. Read More...

Mary Sawyer And The True Story Of 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'

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Mary Sawyer claimed that a boy named John Roulstone wrote the classic nursery rhyme for her in 1816, but the real origin of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" is subject to intense debate — and has never been setted.Transcendental Graphics/Getty ImagesA lithographic cigar box label from 1870 featuring the “Mary’s Lamb” nursery rhyme. “Mary Had a Little Lamb” is perhaps the most famous nursery rhyme of all time. First published in 1830, the pastoral tale of a young girl accompanied by her young sheep has been enjoyed by children across the United States and Europe for over a century. Read More...

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