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Maquoketa Caves State Park
Maquoketa Caves State Park.
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The Art of Living: A 1924 Guide | Brain Pickings
via The Art of Living: A 1924 Guide | Brain Pickings.
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Thomas Edison, Power-Napper: The Great Inventor on Sleep and Success | Brain Pickings
‘You lay down rather severe rules for one who wishes to succeed in life,’ I ventured, ‘working eighteen hours a day.’‘ Not at all,’ he said. ‘You do something all day long, don’t you? Every one does. If you get up at seven o’clock and go to bed at eleven, you have put in sixteen […]
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Silicon Valley . American Experience . WGBH | PBS
Silicon Valley . American Experience . WGBH | PBS.
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A Mysterious Patch Of Light Shows Up In The North Dakota Dark : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
While dad was in the Air Force we spent a year in Minot; I can’t imagine how much change had to occur for this comment about the fracking to be true: I lived in western North Dakota for the second half of 2012 for work. The light pollution is so bad that people get confused […]
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Song Reader: Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs | Brain Pickings
Song Reader: Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs | Brain Pickings.
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Iconic Images from the Most Valuable Camera in the History of Photography – Entertainment – The Atlantic Wire
Iconic Images from the Most Valuable Camera in the History of Photography – Entertainment – The Atlantic Wire.
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Explore – nprfreshair: Scenes from World War II…
Explore – nprfreshair: Scenes from World War II….
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Local B-17 Bombardier Recalls ‘Wing and a Prayer’ Mission on the All American | The Waterland Blog for Des Moines, WA
“For one horrible instant he was right there – inches in front and above us. He passed over us with a distinctly audible swoosh,” over the roar of the B-17’s Wright Cyclone engines, “followed by a tremendous jar and a ‘whoomp.’”Bragg quickly informed the crew that there was a hole in the rear and the […]
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From Archive.org: ‘Titan’ Launched. 1st Test Of Newest ICBM Is Successful, 1959/02/09 (1959) Phil’s picture
(1) Titan launch test from Cape Canaveral, only first stage engine tested, 2nd stage only a dummy, engine with 300,000 lbs thrust successful (2) News In Brief – Berlin mayor Willy Brandt arrives in U.S., speaks in English (3) “Virginia” – Fort Meyer VA funeral of 6 bodies returned by Russia, crew of plane shot […]