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Police Killings Of Unarmed Americans By Race

June 5, 2020 · 1 min read

As to the perception that unarmed blacks are killed more often by police than unarmed whites… I assumed that was true. I looked it up. It’s not true. From 2016 to 2019, there were 208 killings of unarmed…

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How Ferrara Escaped The Seventeenth Century Plague

April 13, 2020 · 1 min read

As the plague ravaged Italy from 1629 to 1631, killing more than 45,000 in Venice alone, the northern Italian town of Ferrara kept it at bay. Critical to the city’s success, records suggest, were border…

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First Places On Earth To Ring In 2020

December 30, 2019 · 1 min read

If you want to be one of the very first people to celebrate New Year’s Day 2020, you’re going to have to position yourself somewhere along the International Date Line, which runs through the Pacific Ocean a…

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Half The World's Languages Face Extinction Risk

October 6, 2019 · 1 min read

There are currently 7,111 spoken languages in the world. About 40% of them are spoken by fewer than 1,000 people and are in danger of disappearing.

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Anthony Hopkins' Hidden Talent As A Waltz Composer

May 12, 2019 · 1 min read

I didn't know Anthony Hopkins was a composer. I don't know much about waltzes. I'm sure there are some that would criticize this one, but to me it's pretty impressive. The audience seems to enjoy it. It could…

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