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The Budweiser Clydesdales are Americana on hooves. The Clydesdales made their debut back in 1933 — it was the Anheuser-Busch Company’s way of celebrating the end of Prohibition! Since then, they’ve sent teams of these massive and massively strong draft horses on tour all over the country to promote the company’s flagship product, Budweiser beer. [...]

A Louisiana man, Otha Anders, spent 45 years collecting pennies, leaving bank tellers astonished when he decided to cash them in. Anders, a teacher, started collecting coins in the late 1960s, not for wealth but simply because he enjoyed it. Even when the government offered $125 for every $100 worth of pennies turned in, he [...]

Louis Gossett Jr., known for his unforgettable roles in An Officer and a Gentleman and the TV series Roots, has passed away at the age of 87. He made history as the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, breaking barriers in Hollywood. Throughout his life, Gossett worked on more than 200 Hollywood projects, [...]