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Daily Excerpt Subject
one man was responsible for killing 40 percent of all the "witches" executed in england -- 10/31/17
buying illegal drugs on the dark web -- 10/30/17
grant's last full measure -- 10/27/17
loneliness and dawn -- 10/26/17
the great frenzy of the 1920s -- 10/25/17
zachary taylor's presidential nomination ended up in the deadletter file -- 10/24/17
the woman who shamed a president -- 10/23/17
the brink of nuclear war -- 10/20/17
elvis belches and throws his gum -- 10/19/17
the first hospital -- 10/18/17
using nuclear bombs to build highways -- 10/17/17
george costanza's fiancee dies from licking wedding invitation envelopes -- 10/16/17
the origin of "grotesque" -- 10/13/16
a presidential scandal -- 10/12/17
the declaration of independence -- 10/11/17
the strange comedy of andy kaufman -- 10/10/17
the massacre, mutilation and pillage of rome -- 10/09/17
manchester, children, and sunlight -- 10/06/17
the brain and sugar -- 10/05/17
hobo teenagers -- 10/04/17
young david letterman -- 10/03/17
"can't live, if living is without you" - 10/02/17