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Daily Excerpt Subject
the childhood of marlon brando -- 6/30/17
how babies learn -- 6/29/17
wax tablets were popular in ancient greece and rome -- 6/28/17
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