delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject
the debut of "stairway to heaven" -- 6/27/17
the "hollywood on the tiber" era -- 6/26/17
the end of christian civilization -- 6/23/17
choose what to leave out -- 6/22/17
how the moon was created -- 6/21/17
a brief guide to the interstate highway system -- 6/20/17
the biggest underreported story of the twentieth century -- 6/19/17
the origins of america's national parks -- 6/16/17
incentives can impede productivity -- 6/15/17
chiang kai-shek was surrounded by yes men -- 6/14/17
the historical origin of the amazons -- 6/13/17
the mystery of dark matter -- 6/12/17
hemingway took away the nazis' pants -- 6/9/17
the horrors of surgery in the nineteenth century -- 6/8/17
the illegal "pig" trade -- 6/7/17
his choice was hanging or cutting off his own ears -- 6/6/17
scotland, william wallace, and the english king -- 6/5/17
theodore roosevelt versus mark twain -- 6/2/17
the computer mouse -- 6/1/17
comic books are dangerous -- 5/31/17
"democracy" as a civil religion -- 5/30/17
america creates a new world order at bretton woods -- 5/26/17
we are surrounded by dinosaurs -- 5/25/17
norse mythology was foreboding -- 5/24/17
advertisement for tobacco in 1917 -- 5/23/17
audrey hepburn and the nazis -- 5/22/17
child refugees enter america -- 5/19/17
the founding of apple computer -- 5/18/17
clint eastwood in eighth grade -- 5/17/17
cannibalism became routine -- 5/16/17
'amazon' meant any woman rebel -- 5/15/17
high school football in texas -- 5/12/17
charlie chaplin and his mother -- 5/11/17
school for the very young in ancient japan - 5/10/17
no one knew quite what television would be good for -- 5/9/17
sending children to virginia -- 5/8/17
the samurai were a head hunting cult -- 5/05/17
the odd origin of cinco de mayo -- 5/04/17
taiping: the bloodiest war of the 19th century -- 5/03/17
when strikeouts lost their stigma -- 5/02/17
the origin of parliament -- 5/01/17
johnny appleseed helped spread alcohol across america -- 4/28/17
an octopus's favorite arm -- 4/27/17
prussia's giant soldiers -- 4/26/17
is boyajian's star evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations? -- 4/25/17