delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject

the human brain -- 2/24/21

paris before the revolution -- 2/23/21

who was jim crow? -- 2/22/21

mules and men -- 2/19/21

cuba in africa -- 2/18/21

your largest organ -- 2/17/21

czechs against germans -- 2/16/21

zora neale hurston and folklore -- 2/12/21

the cotton club -- 2/11/21

racial prejudice in cuba -- 2/10/21

jupiter and the sun -- 2/9/21

all men are created equal -- 2/08/21

rap is poetry -- 2/5/21

president harding's stellar cabinet -- 2/04/21

smallpox innoculation -- 2/3/21

turkey and the carry trade -- 2/2/21

mayor anthony williams -- 2/1/21

the language of the robe -- 1/29/21

investing in art - 1/28/21

the real velociraptor -- 1/27/21

hammurabi and the forgiveness of debt -- 1/26/21

america’s first major financial crisis -- 1/25/21

frank lloyd wright's early success -- 1/22/20

doubts about democracy -- 1/21/21

exoplanet J1407b -- 1/20/21

hernando cortes lands "with one bare foot" -- 1/19/21

martin luther king visits india -- 1/18/21

weather report and jaco pastorius -- 1/15/21

how to be a better problem solver and more creative -- 1/14/21

the greatest discovery of all time -- 1/13/21

war sex -- 1/12/21

land booms and busts -- 1/11/21

pompeii's restaurants, bars, and hotels -- 1/8/21

emotional expressions are part of biology -- 1/6/21

guinness beer goes public! -- 1/5/21

attacking george washington -- 1/4/21

the first woman ranger-naturalist at the grand canyon -- 12/31/20

nettie stevens and chromosomes -- 12/30/20

registering women to vote -- 12/29/20

toni morrison -- 12/28/20

dickens and christmas -- 12/24/20

tyrannosaurus rex had feathers -- 12/23/20

the death of mussolini -- 12/22/20

the legendary rendezvous of the mountain men -- 12/21/21

wagner's death -- 12/18/20