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On this day, at some time after 15:00 local time, James “Jimmy” Riddle Hoffa, American labour activist and president of the International ... -
Courtesy of Strange Company , we are directed to the curious lay brotherhood charged with allievating the spirits of those facing immi... -
ped x’ing : an urban hawk takes advantage of a crosswalk signal to shield it from view as it stalks its pigeon bounty—via Clive Thompson’... -
Delving the depths of Wikipedia , we learn that in Dutch, with a much more contemporary and relatable mishearing than the seventeenth centu... -
eight limes, no more : a list is a map, a compass, a prayer—via MetaFilter ะบะปััะตะฒัะบะฐั ัะพะฟะบะฐ : volcanic eruption in Russia’s far east set... -
The latest syndicated comic from Rubin Bolin for the CBS Saturday morning line up gets on notes and perfectly encapsulates the network’s ... -
Via Clive Thompson’s latest Linkfest —with back links to previous research on the topic, we return to the subject of growing crops undernea... -
Though not binding with status as a treaty to be ratified by national parliament, the attempted dรฉtente between the West and East was sig... -
Witnessed on this day in 1990 by two unidentified hikers in the moors above Calvine in Perthshire, the pair later told their account of the... -
Via Web Curios , we are directed to a rather thoroughgoing and detailed dissertation to temper shortcomings and disappointment over art...