A Look Back at What Was Supposed to Happen in 2020 (According to Psychics)
January 7, 2021
This was a wild, harrowing, and unpredictable year… and one that self-proclaimed psychics somehow didn’t see coming. Here are some events that psychics claimed were supposed to happen in 2020. The world may have avoided a catastrophic attack ...
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All About New Year’s Resolutions
January 5, 2021
This year, we resolve to write more blog posts about New Year’s resolutions. And look at that, we did it!
• Ancient Babylonians started the idea of New Year’s resolutions about 4,000 years ago, although the new year in that society started ...
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Famous Female Firsts (That Aren’t So Famous)
November 3, 2020
Here are the stories of some women who broke down barriers and literally changed the world.
Hannah Slater received a patent in 1793 for a new type of cotton thread that made textile manufacture simpler and faster. That enabled her husband to ...
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The Search for the National Geographic Afghan Girl
September 30, 2013
This October marks the 125th anniversary of National Geographic. To celebrate, we take a look at the most famous photographs of the 20th century: the National Geographic Afghan Girl. This story was originally published in Uncle John's Slightly Irregu...
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RIP Betty Ford
July 9, 2011
Former First Lady Betty Ford has passed away. The newspaper of the city of her birth, the Chicago Tribune, has a nice piece on a truly unique individual:
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