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French Open winners: Men's and women's singles champions
ESPN· 2 days agoIga Swiatek just won her third consecutive French Open title. Check out the all-time men's and...
9 Valuable American Nickels in Circulation
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 25 minutes agoThe nickel has a long history in the U.S., though it wasn't the country's first 5-cent coin. That honor goes to a "half-dime" that first appeared in...
The World Got Lucky With the Previous Flu Pandemic
The Atlantic· 3 days agoOf the known flu pandemics, 2009’s took the fewest lives; during the H1N1 pandemic that preceded it, which began in 1918, a flu virus infected an...
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Reveal Event - When It's Happening, How To Watch, What To Expect
GameSpot· 5 days agoFollowing Summer Game Fest comes the big Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 reveal event on June 9. The event...
Nostalgic Photos of Beach Days from Back in the Day
Cheapism via AOL· 4 days agoPuck, deriving from the term "puckish" meaning "childishly mischievous," was published from 1871 to 1918. Wikimedia Commons Washington Bathing Beach 1919...
What you need to know about gonorrhoea as cases hit record high
Yahoo Life UK· 11 hours agoThe number of gonorrhoea diagnoses in 2023 was the largest annual number reported since records...
Iceland country profile
BBC via AOL· 6 days ago1918 - Iceland achieves full self-government under the Danish crown. Denmark retains control over foreign affairs only. 1940 - German forces occupy...
Archaeology shows how ancient African societies managed pandemics
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThe Black Death (1347 - 1351) was one; the Spanish flu of 1918 was another. Now there’s COVID-19....
A Victory/Peace Dollar, Part One: Stuck in Committee
Coinweek· 9 hours agoCanon echoes still rumbled over Europe when the American Numismatic Association’s journal (The Numismatist) of November 1918 presented a short article about differences between ...
Strasbourg for Book Lovers
New York Times· 10 hours agoBibliophiles will find plenty of centuries-old tomes, graphic novels, modern works and more in this French city, which also happens to be this year’s...
