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August 29, 2019 in 3,101 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Well into the 1960s, Minnesotans of Scandinavian ancestry followed the centuries-old Valentine’s tradition of...
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August 30, 2019 in 2,831 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • These small stone chapels found throughout Siberia’s Irkutsk Oblast incorporate Pacific Bell payphones as sacred...
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August 31, 2019 in 3.085 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • https://t.co/QyMHcTFhfj pic.twitter.com/WVLBelTFGn — Jef Norton (@BirdJanitor) January 12, 2019 These early...
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September 1, 2019 in 2,375 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Frank “Wild Mario” Bellini, an old-West entertainer, killed two men with only playing cards. Bellini could hurl a...
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September 7, 2019 in 2,708 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Well into the 1960s, Minnesotans of Scandinavian ancestry followed the centuries-old Valentine’s tradition of...
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September 8, 2019 in 1,793 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • California’s Meddlesome Tumbleweeds Could Grow Even More Menacing Sorry, everyone: Researchers found that a...
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September 11, 2019 in 2,660 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • ‘The Sphere’ This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the...
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September 14, 2019 in 2,951 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Blackbeard’s first job was running an orphanage, from which he selected many of his future crewmembers. — Fake...
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September 15, 2019 in 1,917 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • This prohibition-era whisky cartel never accepted the end of Prohibition, and continues to operate a highly...
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September 19, 2019 in 2,746 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • In an early manuscript, Pinnochio began life as Tunnelpeter, a renegade toy who escaped into the Catacombs of...
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September 22, 2019 in 3,028 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • To identify potential flaws in his ideas, Thomas Edison created a nasty, confrontational alter ego named...
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September 23, 2019 in 2,821 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Modern travel guides owe much to the 1779 book, "The Pyratical Exploits of Young Alabastian Jones, a Gentleman"....
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September 26, 2019 in 2,452 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Humanity is no longer capable of group activism more drastic than retweeting. Retweet if you agree. — God...
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October 1, 2019 in 2,859 words
The President is every failure of Western civilization embodied in one man. — God (@TheTweetOfGod) September 30, 2019 • • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast •...
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October 3, 2019 in 3,095 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Mark Twain’s unpublished story, “The Incident of Scoundrel’s Notch”, was based on Twain's growing paranoia that...
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October 4, 2019 in 2,760 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Shipman's Rock is the only boulder in America that magnetically repels pirates. — Fake Atlas Obscura...
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October 5, 2019 in 3,710 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • The Restaurant Putting India’s Disappearing Tribal Cuisine Back on the Menu In a Ranchi kitchen, local women...
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October 6, 2019 in 2,139 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • In parts of Maine, one can purchase heavy antlered “moose hats” designed for warning off romantic rivals. While...
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October 8, 2019 in words
• • • to set a mood • • • DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: What has been seen cannot be unseen. That’s at least three minutes and 39 seconds of your life you’ll never get back. • • • some of the things I read...
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October 10, 2019 in 2,666 words
• • • to set a mood • • • • • • some of the things I read while eating breakfast • • • Harborus of Persia, an educator from 600 BC, is often pictured bearing a torch. Long-assumed to represent the...
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