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North Korea announces a tiny COVID-19 death rate, and experts scoff
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA teacher takes the temperature of a schoolgirl in Pyongyang, North Korea, in an effort to help curb...
The first women-only airplane race included Amelia Earhart. It made a stop in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe first women-only air race was held in 1929. Men had been doing such things for years, but female...
Mysterious Disease Outbreaks That Were Never Solved
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the past few years have painfully made clear, infectious diseases remain one of humanity’s greatest perils. It only took weeks for scientists to...
22 Actors Who Got Seriously Injured Or Almost Died While Filming Movies And TV Shows
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNatalie Portman dislocated one of her ribs while filming a scene for Black Swan, and since there...
15 Lucille Ball Facts You Probably Didn’t Know (Photos)
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIf you thought you knew everything about Lucy, you were wrong The post 15 Lucille Ball Facts You...
Dead robins and murderous mice! The dark origins of the Victorian Christmas card
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe year 1843 was a good one for Christmas. Dickens’s legendary festive tale, A Christmas Carol, was...
How Bil Lepp interprets the legend of Oak Ridge prophet John Hendrix
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDuring his June 3 performance for the 6th annual Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival in Oak...
Tom Stafford: The Dome's Class of 1911 had its prophesies and realities
Springfield News-Sun, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 25—I like rooting out words. But last week, while digging around the Latin term tempus fugit, I realized how much I have in common with the heavyweight champion of today's punch-drunk idiots ...