The Root covered the arrival of the first slave trading ship in America, as it happened on August 20, 1619.
Sexism in the Academy. Women face as many obstacles to tenure, if not more, than they ever have. (via Metafilter)
38 Americanisms the British Can’t Bloody Stand. (via Nag on the Lake)
A Brief History of Vanity License Plates Gone Wrong.
That Time Rock Hudson Staked his Talent on a Bleak Sci-fi Movie. Seems like Seconds would be worth a watch.
Not Your Grandma’s Cuckoo: Decapitating, Rat-Eating Clocks of the Black Forest. (Thanks, WTM!)
Henrietta Wood Sued for Reparations in 1870. Strangely, Wood's lawsuit was not a groundbreaking case that opened the floodgates for other former slaves to sue, and has almost disappeared from postwar history.
Woman Wins Ultramarathon, Gets Two Trophies. (via Boing Boing)
A blast from the past (2012): 7 Fabulously Named Fossils.
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