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Vegas’ First All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Cost One Dollar
Innovation may be the mother of invention, but sometimes it’s born out of hunger. The Las Vegas buffet was the brainchild of Herb McDonald, entertainment…
Doves Have Upper Hand
In 1907, brothers George and John Dovey bought the National League franchise then known as the Boston Beaneaters. Overnight, sportswriters and fans began calling the…
The Daily Feather — Nodding Donkeys on Main Street
Husband: “Uh, Honey, there’s a nodding donkey in our backyard?” Wife: “No, silly, that’s just a pumpjack.” The preceding dramatization is real. In places like…
I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
Some don’t become famous until much later in life. In 1989, retired school nurse Edith Fore, 74, walked onto a commercial set for a quick…
The 23 Enigma
“I first heard of the 23 enigma from William S. Burroughs…According to Burroughs, he had known a certain Captain Clark, around 1960 in Tangier, who…
Echo Locations
Summer vibes are about unplugging, or for some, just “echo locations.” Three cool stops come to mind. Abiquiu, New Mexico’s Echo Amphitheater in Carson National…
For Your Eyes Only
First introduced in 1958, Visine’s core active ingredient is tetrahydrozoline hydrochloride, a vasoconstrictor patented in 1954 that shrinks swollen blood vessels in the eye to…
Celebrating Labor Liberty
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost…
That’s A Lot of Bull
Val di Chiana stretches across southern Tuscany and northern Umbria, renowned for its gently rolling hills, vineyards and historic hilltop towns such as Cortona and…
Piletti, Not McFly
“You don’t like her. My mother don’t like her. She’s a dog. And I’m a fat, ugly man. Well, all I know is I had…
Infinite Gaps Don’t Apply
The density of real numbers is a fundamental property of mathematics: Between any two real numbers, there are infinitely many numbers. Take 0.1 and 0.2,…
Beamer, Beemer, Bimmer
BMW’s nickname “Beamer” (or “Beemer”) traces back to British motorcycle racing in the early 20th century. In 1910, the U.K.-based Birmingham Small Arms Company, or…
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