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The Rube’s Dilemma

A great pitcher’s great temptation.
Written by Jennifer Lee Noonan • 28 Oct 2022 • Read/Listen →
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Hunting For Kobyla

The true story of a runaway Nazi, a determined sleuth, and a chase around the world.
Written by Zoë Randolph • 07 Feb 2022 • Read/Listen →
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The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda

In 1958, one heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
Written by Jennifer Lee Noonan • 26 Oct 2021 • Read/Listen →
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The Kingpin of Shanghai

From the depths of poverty, Du Yuesheng rose through Shanghai’s underworld to become one of the most influential, and overlooked, figures in modern China.
Written by Morgan W.R. Dunn • 26 Aug 2021 • Read/Listen →
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Fifteen Years Forsaken

A true story of castaways on a lost and hostile scrap of land, all thanks to some meddlesome Frenchmen and terrible luck.
Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 28 Apr 2021 • Read/Listen →
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On this day in 1939 Simo Häyhä made 25 confirmed kills, a personal record
Shared from damninteresting.com • 21 December 2020
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Dupes and Duplicity

The true story of the 18th century's greatest femme fatale, and the most unfortunate of her victims.
Written by Jennifer Lee Noonan • 04 Sep 2020 • Read/Listen →
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Radical Solutions

French mathematician Évariste Galois lived a full life. When he wasn't trying to overthrow the government, he was reinventing algebra.
Written by Marisa Brook and J. A. Macfarlane • 26 Mar 2020 • Read/Listen →
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Sources: The Most Modern of Modern Sports

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. (1940, December). White City Speedway Annual Review - 1940 The Spotted Lion (1937), by Kennet...
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Apr 2019 • Read →
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The Most Modern of Modern Sports

The secret runaway success of Kenneth Gandar-Dower’s racing cheetahs.
Written by Jennifer Lee Noonan • 15 Apr 2019 • Read/Listen →
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