delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject

hammurabi and the forgiveness of debt -- 1/26/23

is ammonia our most important material? -- 1/25/22

the threat of germany -- 1/24/23

grover cleveland the forgotten president -- 1/23/23

reading without seeing -- 1/20/22

the strangeness of fame - 1/19/23

the bee brain -- 1/18/23

barons and dukes and earls -- 1/17/23

annie’s song -- 1/13/23

epidemics -- 1/12/23

don’t burn your eyebrows off -- 1/11/23

the french, the english, and sugar -- 1/10/23

poor richard’s almanack -- 1/9/23

tolkien, war, and religion -- 1/6/23

emotional expressions are part of biology -- 1/5/23

locust plagues -- 1/4/23

building the pyramids -- 1/3/23