THE LONGEST GAME
Baseball holds its records sacred. Most home runs, strikeouts, career wins. But what about the longest game ever? That honor goes to a 1981 AAA game, when the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings slugged it out from dusk […]
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The Gateway Pundit Is Still Pushing an Alternate Reality
The Gateway Pundit, a right-wing website with a history of spreading lies about election fraud, recently posted something out of the ordinary. It took a break from its coverage of the 2024 presidential election (sample headlines: “KAMALA IS KOLLAPSING,” “KAMALA
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The Divided Soul of “Bad Kreyòl”
According to the script, the title of the latest play by Dominique Morisseau is “Bad Creole Kreyòl.” We go with the simplified “Bad Kreyòl”—the language of Haiti written in its language, rather than its gallicization—because how can you bring voice
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An SAS Rescue Mission Mission Gone Wrong
Norman Crockatt is not a well-known name, but the British intelligence officer was responsible for one of the most controversial decisions of World War II. When the War Office in London created Military Intelligence Section 9 (MI9) on December 23,
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A Simple Chemical Shift Explains Why Parrots Are So Colorful, Study Suggests
The researchers studied the dusky lory (pictured) and the rosy-faced lovebird. Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 Flamingos get their signature pink hue by eating shrimp, while boobies’ feet turn bright blue because of their fishy
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The History List Rare Finds—69th New York “Fighting Irish” Civil War Scrapbook – The History List
This scrapbook of original documents and newspaper clippings was assembled by William M. Giles, who led Company B of the 69th New York Infantry during its three-month service at the First Battle of Bull Run. Giles later served as a medical
News – 2024 IAD Grant Recipients Announced
October 21, 2024 We’re pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s International Archaeology Day Grants! These grants help AIA Local Societies host events associated with International Archaeology Day 2024, celebrated on Saturday, October 19 this year, along with events
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A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life
The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests. A study of the remnants of a 3.26 billion-year-old impact reveals that microbial life — the only type of life at
The Top Books and Films About Buffalo Bill Cody
Books Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary (2010, by Steve Friesen) This is my biography of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody, written when I was the director of the Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave. What sets it apart is a wealth
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The Animal-Cruelty Election – The Atlantic
Why has this election season featured so many stories about animal cruelty? The 2024 campaign has contained many remarkable moments—the Democrats’ sudden switch from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris; the two assassination attempts on Donald Trump; the emergence of Elon
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