Hand-colored advertisement from the 1910s showing four children in pajamas holding giant toothbrushes leaning over a giant tube of toothpaste. Caption says: "Armed to the teeth."

Royal Vinolia Toothpaste, 1910s.

A crowd of smiling graduates in black capes standing outside a university building, throwing their caps in the air.

Celebration of the University Bonn: Traditional throwing of the graduate caps in front of the university building.

William K. Hale Held for Murder

Animatronic pirate figures with realistic looking heads and robotic bodies lean over to be seen by visitors to Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean ride

Greg Daugherty, a&nbsp;longtime magazine editor and frequent contributor to HISTORY.com, has also written on historical topics for Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, and other outlets.

Greg Daugherty

Greg Daugherty, a&nbsp;longtime magazine editor and frequent contributor to HISTORY.com, has also written on historical topics for Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, and other outlets.

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Native American history spans an array of diverse groups and leaders, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Native American History

In the Roaring Twenties, a surging economy created an era of mass consumerism, as Jazz-Age flappers flouted Prohibition laws and the Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture.

Roaring Twenties

Crime has been a dark and powerful undercurrent in human society throughout history. Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.

Crime

Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.

Greg Daugherty

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8 Tech Innovations That Have Fueled Disney’s Rise

William Hale’s Brutal Role in the Osage Murders

The History Behind ‘Pomp & Circumstance’ and 8 Other Graduation Traditions

How Humans Took Care of Their Teeth Through History