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10 things you might not know about contraceptives

December 23, 2018 at 9:49 p.m.

The controversy over whether employers' health insurance must pay for contraceptives has energized conservatives, but it also inspired Rush Limbaugh's controversial comments that chased away many advertisers from his radio...

Gems from the city’s past

June 18, 2018 at 10:40 a.m.

The reader response to Chicago Flashback has been wonderful. Since the first week, readers have offered up Flashback ideas based on their own lives, the stories grandma always told and...

10 things you might not know about Satan

December 23, 2018 at 9:33 p.m.

Opponents of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum recently publicized his comments from 2008 that Satan has his sights set on America. And last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...

175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago

August 18, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events,...

The famous children?s story about the little Dutch boy who plugs a leaking dike with his finger is really more of an American tale. Author Mary Mapes Dodge included it in her best-selling ?Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates? in 1865, popularizing a story that had been around in England and America since at least 1850. While there are statues in the Netherlands that try to capitalize on the tale, the story is much more famous in the United States. Trivia buffs take note: The boy at the dike is unnamed or the ?Hero of Harlaam,? not Hans Brinker.

10 things you might not know about leaks

May 23, 2019 at 12:19 p.m.

Society seems to be springing a leak. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was arraigned Thursday on charges of leaking official U.S. diplomatic correspondence that ended up on WikiLeaks. The Vatican is...

10 things you might not know about leaks

December 23, 2018 at 9:22 p.m.

Society seems to be springing a leak. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was arraigned Thursday on charges of leaking official U.S. diplomatic correspondence that ended up on WikiLeaks. The Vatican is...

The Civil War: Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

June 17, 2018 at 6:57 p.m.

The North strikes back. After the debacle at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, the Union needed a decisive victory. It had to wait awhile, but the...

10 things you might not know about skin color

May 23, 2019 at 12:18 p.m.

1 Melanin, the pigment that gives color to skin (and eyes) is produced in cells called melanocytes. Every person has about the same number of these cells, regardless of race,...

10 things you might not know about skin color

December 23, 2018 at 9:09 p.m.

1 Melanin, the pigment that gives color to skin (and eyes) is produced in cells called melanocytes. Every person has about the same number of these cells, regardless of race,...

The Civil War: Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

December 23, 2018 at 9:09 p.m.

The North strikes back. After the debacle at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, the Union needed a decisive victory. It had to wait awhile, but the...

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