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A Woman’s Right to Fly and Fight

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(via Smithsonian) In 1993, before the Air Force permitted women to fly in combat, new pilot Jeannie Flynn requested the

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(via Mental Floss) With his infectious smile and raspy voice, Louis Armstrong (who actually pronounced his own name “Lewis”) won

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(via Mental Floss) Paramount Home EnterHollywood lost one of its longtime icons on August 1, 2020, with the passing of

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(via Atlas Obscura) How Germany’s Lusatian Lakes District is remaking an entire region through broad-scale landscape re-engineering.

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(via Atlas Obscura) This isn’t a good time for cross-country car rides. Good thing John Margolies took a camera on

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(via Atlas Obscura) Tupelo, birthplace of The King, is the global hub for aspiring Jailhouse Rockers

(via Mental Floss) Whether or not you’re artistically inclined, there’s a good chance that you—like millions of other people around

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(via Listverse) Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good. Other times, if it weren’t for bad luck, we’d have

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(via Great Big Story) Dennis is a Purple Heart recipient who struggled to get help dealing with PTSD. Then he

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(via MotivationHub) Col. Chris Hadfield, the mustachioed Canadian Astronaut and Commander of the International Space Station, gives one of the

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(via Mental Floss) On the spectrum of aberrant behavior, leaving a shopping cart in the middle of a parking space

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(via Mental Floss) You’ve heard of Christopher Columbus, Lawrence of Arabia, and Lewis and Clark. But do you know the