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The Bible Passage Jeff Sessions Used to Justify Detaining Children Has a Disgusting History. It's the verse you use when you don't have a moral leg the stand on.
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George Lucas's Plan for Star Wars 7 through 9, Starring Mid-Chlorians. No matter how much you dislike any of the new Star Wars films, you can tell yourself it could have been so much worse. (via Ars Technica)
The Recipes of Cleopatra. Her elixirs were well-regarded in the fields of cosmetics, gynecology, and alchemy. (via Strange Company)
The Iroquois Theater Disaster. More than 600 people died in the stampede and conflagration, which led to new safety standards.
Southern Baptists Call Off the Culture War. America’s largest Protestant group moves to cut ties with the Republican Party and re-engage with mainstream culture.
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How to claim your maple syrup.
A blast from the past (2016): The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster.
Today the Iroquois is a live theater called THE ORIENTAL, and if you go around the back to the alley known as Couch Alley you can see where hundreds fell to their deaths.
ReplyDeleteThe Couch family has their name on two odd places, the alley known as DEATH ALLEY and in Lincoln Park when you take the North Avenue exit from Lake Shore Drive you can see on the south side of the street before you hit Clark and by the Historical Society the last mausoleum in the park- The Couch family mausoleum.