Busting the Myths About Sacagawea
May 12, 2022
In May 1804— 218 years ago this month — Sacagawea departed with the expedition headed by William Clark and Meriweather Lewis, a great trek to explore the Louisiana Purchase, which would become the western United States. Those are the facts —...
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Imagine Ghosts Are Real
September 15, 2021
John Lennon was tragically assassinated in 1980. But according to some people, the Beatle never completely left the earthly realm. And your bird can sing
In 1995, the three surviving Beatles at the time — George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and...
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Death at Disneyland
September 13, 2021
Disneyland: It’s the happiest place on Earth! Well, not if you die there, it’s not. In 1984, a California woman named Dolly Regena Young boarded the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Sometime during the ride, her seatbelt came undone and she was thrown...
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History’s Greatest Potheads
July 29, 2021
And now, a sober, haze-free look at some noble and venerable historical figures who (somewhat surprisingly) partook in cannabis, the favorite pastime of Cheech, Chong, Snoop Dogg, and Willie Nelson.
Queen Victoria. The monarch who reigned over the...
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Billionaires…in…SPAAAAAAACE!
July 27, 2021
In July 2021, Amazon founder and multibillionaire Jeff Bezos launched himself into space. What’s more surprising about this? He’s hardly the first non-government-agency-affiliated person to reach the edge of the cosmos. Here’s a brief histor...
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