delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject
johnny appleseed helped spread alcohol across america -- 4/28/17
an octopus's favorite arm -- 4/27/17
prussia's giant soldiers -- 4/26/17
is boyajian's star evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations? -- 4/25/17
the death of garibaldi's wife -- 4/24/17
when leeuwenhoek discovered microorganisms-- 4/21/17
humans cheat -- 4/20/17
the years before mao -- 4/19/17
station clocks had not one, but two minute-hands -- 4/18/17
england destroys its forests -- 4/17/17
the men at the end of the earth -- 4/14/17
all happy books are based on sadness -- 4/13/17
two types on modern artists -- 4/12/17
advice from mark twain on how to tell a story -- 4/11/17
seinfeld's julia louis-dreyfus -- 4/10/17
the star-spangled banner -- why baltimore? -- 4/07/17
voters never approved the euro -- 4/06/17
the 1868 presidential campaign was blatantly racist -- 4/05/17
the wright brothers become anachronisms -- 4/04/17
the treatment of nazi resisters after world war two -- 4/03/17