Received Taylor Swift’s Scarf
I'll stare directly at the scarf but never in the mirror
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01, 2024
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01, 2024
During Prohibition, Grape Growers Sold “Wine Bricks” To Thirsty Customers
This week in 1920, a federal law enforcing the Constitution's Prohibition Amendment took effect. But there were loopholes, and one of the most clever way to use those loopholes was through something known as the "grape brick" or "wine brick."
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01, 2023
When Al Capone Gave Two Cherry Trees To A Baltimore Hospital
Today in 1899 was the birthday of Al Capone. Not everyone would brag about getting a gift from the notorious gangster, but there’s a hospital in Baltimore that’s happy to share its connection.
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01, 2022
Stevie Wonder Went On Tour To Make Martin Luther King Jr. Day A National Holiday
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, we look at how music legend Stevie Wonder and his song "Happy Birthday" helped raise awareness in the effort to create a national holiday in Dr. King's honor.
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01, 2020
Ben Franklin vs Counterfeiters
Benjamin Franklin was a lot of things, but he always saw himself as a printer - and some of what he printed was currency for American colonies. Turns out he had some pretty creative ways to try to keep counterfeiters from copying his bills.
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01, 2012
Today Pajama Pants, Tomorrow the World
Louisiana's Caddo Parish is taking on pajama pants - or at least the ones that don't leave much to the imagination.
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01, 2010
I kind of wish John Cusack was a puppet
Cause if I was sleeping and a puppet woke me up by blasting Peter Gabriel on his jukebox, I'd be touched and we'd have a tearful reunion. If John Cusack did it I'd grab the neighbor's bowhunting equipment and it would not end well.