Hollywood’s first great unsolved scandal: the 1922 murder of director William Desmond Taylor, the stars pulled into the mystery, and the clues that still refuse to behave.
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Did the USA truly use ‘00000000’ as a nuclear launch code? Discover the real history, security concerns, and expert insights into this alarming Cold War-era security lapse.
UPDATED November 19, 2021 An earlier post answered the question about what would happen if something happens to a presidential candidate during the election process. There, we discussed all kinds of scenarios, ranging from the time prior to the party conventions, all the way up to a death after the candidate takes office. Left unanswered…
Scientists, philosophers, and theologians have long pondered and theorized about dreams. What are they? What causes them? What purpose do they serve? The debates about dreams continue, but one thing is certain: some dreams are so powerful that they make an impact on the waking world. Sometimes the dream may affect the personal decisions of…
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” — Charles de Gaulle
UPDATED AUGUST 29, 2022 2020 is the year we all became familiar with the concept of “social distancing.” Deep within the rainforest of the Amazon is a man who may not have heard those words, but he has been putting it into practice better than anyone on the planet. Meet the Man of the Hole…
In 1893, Chicago threw a big party in honor of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World. It was a spectacular affair. For five months, people from all over the world flocked to Chicago to take in the sights, which included such things as the first Ferris Wheel, cultural exhibitions, lectures,…
The Middle Ages saw a peculiar outbreak of meowing nuns who started biting everyone. Find out about this weird case of mass hysteria in this fascinating article.
Being the king of a nation generally brings enough wealth and power to meet most of a person’s wants and needs. Of course, there is the typical curse of affluence, when the possessor of wealth is unsatisfied and still wants more. Even so, it hardly seems likely that even a greedy king would have to…
Few things are more distressing than an overflowing toilet. Aside from the utter revulsion at having one’s home invaded by the toilet’s contents and the need to get it cleaned up as soon as possible, there is the danger of damage to floors, cabinets, and anything (and anyone) that might be on the lower levels.…
A colleague of ours recently asked what would happen if one of the candidates for President happened to die during the election process. She said, “I pray it doesn’t happen, but after all, this is 2020, and if anything can go wrong, it seems like this is the year for it.” The answer to the…
The 1876 election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden was marked by controversy, allegations of fraud, and a disputed Electoral College outcome despite Tilden winning the popular vote. The resulting Electoral Commission ultimately awarded the presidency to Hayes, ending Reconstruction and initiating systemic racism, echoing divisions seen in modern elections.
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When does the winner of the election become the president-elect? Discover the timeline and constitutional process for when a U.S. President-elect officially assumes the title. Learn about the Electoral College and key election milestones.
Russian author and philosopher Fyodor Dostoyevsky is regarded as one of the greatest psychological novelists of all time. For all of his success, he espoused the greatest confidence in a truly humble person. He said, “The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.”
