delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject

dinosaurs are birds -- 1/31/24

the spanish and slavery -- 1/30/24

the cold war

gilbert and sullivan and the savoy -- 1/26/24

cocaine -- 1/25/24

gains in solar energy -1/24/24

genghis khan -- 1/23/24

the decision to issue greenbacks -- 1/22/24

the first oscars -- 1/19/24

ronald mcdonald and the hamburglar -- 1/18/24

the human genome project -- 1/17/24

the legendary lord kitchener --1/16/24

a half-mile-long painting -- 1/12/24

the myth of 10,000 hours -- 1/11/24

turtles even die slowly -- 1/10/24

the romans conquer sicily --1/9/24

america’s military draft -- 1/8/24

a dress that "shimmered like the scales of a serpent" -- 1/5/24

jumping the shark --1/5/24

t-rex -- 1/3/24

farmers versus merchants and bankers -- 1/2/24