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A Debaculous Fiasco
The most expensive, bizarre, and obscure work ever created by Dr. Seuss.
Written by
Jennifer Lee Noonan
• 06 Nov 2018 •
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Drawing the Shorter Straw
Visionary Argentine filmmaker Quirino Cristiani created full-length animated films between 1917 and 1931. He has since been all but forgotten.
Written by
Marisa Brook
• 31 Jul 2018 •
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The Curse of Konzo
In 1981, an international group of doctors identified the devastating disease behind a perplexing outbreak of paralysis in northern Mozambique.
Written by
Matt Castle
• 02 May 2018 •
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A Jarring Revelation
Amanda Theodosia Jones was a 19th-century poet, entrepreneur, and inventor who found inspiration in some unlikely places.
Written by
Christine Ro
• 30 Mar 2018 •
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Death by Derivatives
The opening of a canal in 1848 led to the birth of modern financial derivatives, and the early demise of some of the men who traded them
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Michael Durbin
• 21 Nov 2017 •
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Ghoulish Acts & Dastardly Deeds
In the 1950s, an anonymous terrorist planted a pipe bomb in a New York City public space. Then another. And another.
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Alan Bellows
• 31 Jul 2017 •
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No Country For Ye Olde Men
Britain’s practice of transporting convicts to American colonies was a fearsome punishment, but not for the chronic criminal James Dalton.
Written by
Christine Ro
• 19 Jul 2017 •
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Fire and Dice
The story of a tragic hotel fire of Rube Goldberg proportions.
Written by
Jennifer Lee Noonan
• 13 Jun 2017 •
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The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant
As a civilian, the beloved American Civil War general and two-term president failed at every attempt to make money. Except for one.
Written by
Michael Durbin
• 11 Apr 2017 •
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The Greatest Baroque Composer Never Known
A 300-year-old hunt for the unsung hero of Salzburg.
Written by
Jennifer Lee Noonan
• 07 Mar 2017 •
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