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Opinion: Remembering the fallen heroes of Normandy's sacred bluffs

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the sacrifices made by the Allied forces during the invasion.

Opinion: Remembering the fallen heroes of Normandy's sacred bluffs

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Critics hated 'The Phantom Menace.' It might be time to reconsider

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Critics hated 'The Phantom Menace.' It might be time to reconsider

When Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace hit screens across the country in 1999, Return of the Jedi felt like ancient history to Star Wars fans. But after 16 long years, the movie let down fans and critics alike. Twenty-five years have changed how a lot of people feel. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

Critics hated 'The Phantom Menace.' It might be time to reconsider

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Lessons from sleeplessness: The 60th anniversary of Randy Gardner's world record

In January 1964, American student Randy Gardner sits on a bed next to various household objects he will later have to identify by memory as part of a sleep deprivation experiment in San Diego, Calif. Gardner set the world record during the experiment, staying awake for over 264 hours. Don Cravens/Getty Images hide caption

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Lessons from sleeplessness: The 60th anniversary of Randy Gardner's world record

Sixty years ago, 17-year-old Randy Gardner broke a Guinness world record by staying awake for 11 consecutive days. His experiment is one of the most well-documented cases of sleep deprivation.

Lessons from sleeplessness: The 60th anniversary of Randy Gardner's world record

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Couple Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary Died In An Amtrak Train Derailment

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Couple Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary Died In An Amtrak Train Derailment

"If you want an example of how to treat people, Don and Margie [Varnadoe] were them," his boss says. In addition to the couple, a 28-year-old Illinois man died when the train crashed in Montana.

Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

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Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was a concrete manifestation of the barrier between democracy and oppression. NPR's Scott Simon marks the 30th anniversary of the day it began to come down.

Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

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Even After 100 Years, People Are Still Reaching For The Moon(Pie)

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Even After 100 Years, People Are Still Reaching For The Moon(Pie)

Though the marshmallow-chocolate-graham cracker treat began a century ago as a coal-miner's snack, it is still made by the same Chattanooga bakery and has since become a cultural icon of the South.

Even After 100 Years, People Are Still Reaching For The Moon(Pie)

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The iconic Coca-Cola bottle was actually modeled after a cocoa pod — even though it isn't an ingredient in the soda — by a glass company in Indiana.

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From Grocery Shelves To Pop Culture: A Century of Coca-Cola Bottles

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This week is the anniversary of a bottle designed to be "so distinctive that it could be recognized by touch alone and so unique that it could be identified when shattered on the ground."

From Grocery Shelves To Pop Culture: A Century of Coca-Cola Bottles

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