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Historical sleep stories from America’s quiet past. No drama—just the hush of history, told softly.

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The President Who Fell in Love with His Slave

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Why Some Weddings Ended with Guests Kissing the Bride in Public

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Why Vigilantes Ruled the Frontier Before the Law

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How Kids Were Whipped in 19th-Century America

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The Weird Habits of 19th Century Sailors

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How People Kept Their Bread from Molding in 1850

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What Really Happened Behind the Bedroom Doors of the White House

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Could You Survive As An American Soldier (97% Didn't)

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Why Nobles Held Public Weddings in Bed and More

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What Prison Meals Looked Like in 1786

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She Waited at the Train Station for 41 Years

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Why Rich People Drank Gold for Their Health

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Why Abraham Lincoln Slept With His Best Friend (and What It Really Meant)

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Why Women Married Their Cousins in 1800s

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The Doctor Who Prescribed Spanking for Hysteria

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The Man Who Proposed to 47 Women in 7 Days

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What Made a Man Desirable in 1785

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The Secret Sex Lives of the U.S. Founding Fathers

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What a Marriage Trial Night Really Looked Like

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Why Mailmen Were Attacked by Dogs and Geese in 1855

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Why Mothers Gave Their Babies Liquor in 1870

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Why Boys in 1835 Ate Chalk to Impress Girls

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The Boy Who Sold His Voice for a Living

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What Beauty in the 1880s Was Really Like

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Why Doctors Pulled Teeth to Cure Depression

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Why Girls Hired Armpit Pluckers in 1860

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Why Male Prostitutes Slept with 20 Women a Day

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Why People Barely Bathed In 1840

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Why People Slept with Scissors Under Their Pillow in 1870

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Why Benjamin Franklin Took Air Baths at 4 AM

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