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How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown a captain, Robbins ...
Illinois is hit with cicada chaos. This is what it's like to see, hear and feel billions of bugs
Roanoke Times· 5 days agoCicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the...
Think cicadas are weird? Check out superfans, who eat the bugs, use them in art and even striptease
The Daily Progress· 18 hours agoMayumi Barrack sees a pair of mating periodical cicadas getting together, whips out her phone, says,...