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Forty years ago, when Tahira Reid Smith was in third grade, her teacher had the class make posters of something they wish existed. Smith th...

The Co-Pilot Who Never Got Over Hiroshima: The Story of Robert Lewis.    Patriot Games : Trump’s ‘freedom finale’ to celebrate 250 is … a s...

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Being atop a skyscraper when it sways is disconcerting, but not as terrifying as that sway would be if it weren't for mass dampers. Th...

Grant Snider made this one for the New York Times Book review. It's also at his webcomic, Incidental Comics .

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Teachers in the thread say they are teaching vowel pronunciation, but then why use "is for" in the title instead of "as in...

I knew all these items, and have had extensive discussions about many of them. Still, it's a bit brutal to hear them all listed together...

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Ze Frank, who usually gives us True Facts about animals, has veered off and made a video about plants. But true to form, it's about th...

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Let that be a warning to you: never mix ecstasy and clogging. (via Nag on the Lake )

This cartoon by Matt Wuerker with Politico sums it up nicely! #Blues [image or embed] — 🔵Blue Dot Buckeye🔵#Blues 🦋💙🌊🗽🌪️ ( @buckivotes...

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The Head is a low budget 1959 West German science fiction horror film. The original title is Die Nackte und der Satan (The Naked Woman and...

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Koda was found as a stray in the neighborhood, possibly dumped because of his illnesses. His eyes were so infected that they were ultimately...

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In 1973, Henry McDaniel of Enfield, Illinois, and his family saw a horrible monster approach their home in the dark. It was four or five fee...