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While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.

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Journalist Pagan Kennedy tells the story of Marty Goddard who created the rape kit but allowed others to get the credit before dropping out of sight.

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The automobile and the telephone were still new inventions when Grover Cleveland ... term that will earn him a place in the history books alongside Grover Cleveland as the only presidents to ...