Wingnuts Think College Is Bad for US

Wingnut 101: Shocking Increase in the Percentage of Wingnuts Who Think College Is Bad for US

DeVos Meeting with Men's Rights Groups to Talk About Sexual Assault?

DeVos Meeting with Men's Rights Groups to Talk About Sexual Assault?

The Farm Belt Führer

The Farm Belt Führer: The Making of a Neo-Nazi

Cost of Repairing Something Is Often Higher Than Buying a New One

Have You Noticed That the Cost of Repairing Something Is Often Higher Than Buying a New One? It's Intentional

World's Dirtiest Oil and Coal Polluters

Here Are 10 of the World's Dirtiest Oil and Coal Polluters

World's Most Poached and Trafficked Mammal

Meet the World's Most Poached and Trafficked Mammal

There's a Tick That Can Make You Allergic to Meat

There's a Tick That Can Make You Allergic to Meat—and It's Spreading

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Today in History

1099		The Crusaders launch their final assault on Jerusalem.
1534		Ottoman armies capture Tabriz in northwestern Persia.
1558		Led by the Count of Egmont, the Spanish army defeats the French at Gravelines, France.
1585		A group of 108 English colonists, led by Sir Richard Grenville, reaches Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
1643		In England, the Roundheads, led by Sir William Waller, are defeated by Royalist troops under Lord Wilmot in the Battle of Roundway Down.
1754		George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to the French, leaving them in control of the Ohio Valley.
1787		Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacts the Northwest Ordinance, establishing rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union and limiting the expansion of slavery.
1798		English poet William Wordsworth visits the ruins of Tintern Abbey.
1832		Henry Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
1862		Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union army at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
1863		Opponents of the draft begin three days of rioting in New York City.
1866		The Great Eastern begins a two week voyage to complete a 12-year effort to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic between Britain and the United States.
1878		The Congress of Berlin divides the Balkans among European powers.
1939		Frank Sinatra records his first song, “From the Bottom of My Heart,” with the Harry James Band.
1941		Britain and the Soviet Union sign a mutual aid pact, providing the means for Britain to send war materiel to the Soviet Union.
1954		In Geneva, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China and France reach an accord on Indochina, dividing Vietnam into two countries, North and South, along the 17th parallel.
1971		The Army of Morocco executes 10 leaders accused of leading a revolt.

Museum discovers lost wines almost as old as the country itself

A restoration project at Liberty Hall Museum's wine cellar unearthed spirits 221 years old that had been shipped to the sleepy Elizabethtown cottage shortly after the American Revolution. 
During the six-month revamp, the museum discovered almost three cases of Madeira wine from 1796 and about 42 demijohns from the 1820s.

What a find: Museum discovers lost wines almost as old as the country itself

Millennials Are the Biggest Public Library Visitors

Millennials Are the Biggest Public Library Visitors

You Get Stressed If You Don't Rest

You Get Stressed If You Don't Rest: The Science Behind Relaxation and Anxiety

High-Cholesterol Foods Can Ruin Your Sex Life

How High-Cholesterol Foods Can Ruin Your Sex Life

Wingnuts in Several States Are Lowering the Minimum Wage

Wingnuts in Several States Are Lowering the Minimum Wage—Yes, You Read that Right

Wingnut Cuts Would Devastate Social Programs

Wingnut  Cuts Would Devastate Social Programs That Already Struggle to Meet the Needs of Poor Americans, Nonprofit Service Providers Warn

Marijuana Myth-Busting Studies That the Mainstream Media Isn't Picking up On

Three New Marijuana Myth-Busting Studies That the Mainstream Media Isn't Picking up On

Making the Case that Drug Addiction Is a Learning Disorder

Making the Case that Drug Addiction Is a Learning Disorder

US's richest boarding school showed anti-gay video

A former student at a Pennsylvania high school claims he was forced to watch anti-gay propaganda after teachers discovered him watching homosexual porn.
Adam Dobson, who attended the The Milton Hershey School from 2010 to 2013, claimed in federal court that the private boarding school forced ‘anti-gay therapy’ on him, prompting him to attempt suicide during his time there.

US's richest boarding school showed anti-gay video

How much is race a factor in college admissions?

How much is race a factor in college admissions?

Man arrested for threatening to attack Ariana Grande concert in Costa Rica

A 22-year-old man suspected of making threats against an Ariana Grande concert in Costa Rica was detained Sunday, local media reported.

The man of Colombian origin was detained in the Costa Rican capital San Jose for allegedly making threats against the concert by the 24-year-old American singer on the organizer's website, La Nacion newspaper reported, citing local police.

Man arrested for threatening to attack Ariana Grande concert in Costa Rica

Police Department Fatally Shot Three People of Color in the Month of June Alone

Officers at One Police Department Fatally Shot Three People of Color in the Month of June Alone

Raging wildfires across California force nearly 8,000 to evacuate

With a heat wave continuing to bake California and the rest of the West, wildfires forced nearly 8,000 people to dash for safety Sunday as flames destroyed homes and threatened thousands of structures across the state.

Raging wildfires across California force nearly 8,000 to evacuate

British forest pumped full of CO2 to test tree absorption

Researchers at a British University have embarked on a decade-long experiment that will pump a forest full of carbon dioxide to measure how it copes with rising levels of the gas – a key driver of climate change.

British forest pumped full of CO2 to test tree absorption

Beef Farmer Had a Change of Heart and Sent His Cows to a Sanctuary

This Beef Farmer Had a Change of Heart and Sent His Cows to a Sanctuary

Five most popular pets other than cats and dogs

As people have started adopting more unusual and exotic pets other than cats or dogs, illegal pet or wildlife trade has been on the rise. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website, illegal wildlife trade is "estimated to be a multibillion-dollar business involving the unlawful harvest of and trade in live animals and plants or parts and products derived from them. Wildlife is traded as skins, leather goods or souvenirs; as food or traditional medicine; as pets, and in many other forms."

Five most popular pets other than cats and dogs

Teen camper wakes up after hearing a 'crunching' noise

A teen staffer at Colorado camp said he fought off a bear on Sunday after he woke up to find the animal was biting his head and trying to drag him away.

Teen camper wakes up after hearing a 'crunching' noise -- and finds a bear chewing on his head 

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Today in History

1096		Crusaders under Peter the Hermit reach Sofia in Hungary.
1691		William III defeats the allied Irish and French armies at the Battle of Aughrim, Ireland.
1794		British Admiral Lord Nelson loses his right eye at the siege of Calvi, in Corsica.
1806		The Confederation of the Rhine is established in Germany.
1941		Moscow is bombed by the German Luftwaffe for the first time.
1954		President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposes a highway modernization program, with costs to be shared by federal and state governments.
1957		The U.S. surgeon general, Leroy E. Burney, reports that there is a direct link between smoking and lung cancer.
1974		G. Gordon Liddy, John Ehrlichman and two others are convicted of conspiracy and perjury in connection with the Watergate scandal.
1984		Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale chooses Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate.

How the Homeless Create Homes

How the Homeless Create Homes

Ways Amazon is Crushing the Competition

11 Ways Amazon is Crushing the Competition, in Order to Rule Over the Ways We Consume Virtually Everything

Twelve Myths You'll Be Relieved to Debunk

Beliefs: Twelve Myths You'll Be Relieved to Debunk

Odds Are Not in Favor of Working Mothers

The Odds Are Not in Favor of Working Mothers

Corvette-driving priest arrested for pulling gun in Florida road rage incident

Corvette-driving priest arrested for pulling gun in Florida road rage incident

Adams was driving in his red Corvette when he pulled his Glock-22 handgun from under the passenger seat of his car and pointed it at the truck.

Ending Human Trafficking Is Corrupt Business, Too

Ending Human Trafficking Is Corrupt Business, Too, Filmmakers Accidentally Discover

Aphrodisiac Foods That Boost Your Libido

7 Aphrodisiac Foods That Boost Your Libido

People are snorting chocolate

In an attempt to get legally high, some people have resorted to snorting the unexpected: chocolate powder.
A version of the product, called Coco Loko, provides a drug-free way to get a rush of energy and to feel calm and focused, according to the website of the Orlando-based company Legal Lean.
Upon snorting the powder, you feel “almost like an energy-drink feeling, like you’re euphoric but also motivated to get things done,” Nick Anderson, the founder of Legal Lean, told The Washington Post.

People are snorting chocolate -- but not to get high

The Legal Age for Marijuana Should Be 18

The Legal Age for Marijuana Should Be 18, Not 21

My Aging Parents Smuggle Medical Marijuana

My Aging Parents Smuggle Medical Marijuana

How synthetic opioid Fentanyl affects the brain

Fentanyl is a type of synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and can cause overdoses by simply getting some on your skin. The true danger in fentanyl lies not in how the drug is made, but rather what it does to the brain and the body.

Here is how synthetic opioid Fentanyl affects the brain

Diseases that could skyrocket or become far more deadly if Obamacare is repealed

Here are 6 diseases that could skyrocket or become far more deadly if Obamacare is repealed

“We are moving into an era where millions of people who develop terrible illnesses will not be able to get insurance, and who only knows how many of them will die.”

Plan for U.S. tax increase on rich not being considered

The Dumbass Trump junta is not considering a plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to pay for tax breaks for the middle class, U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said on Sunday.

Plan for U.S. tax increase on rich not being considered: Mnuchin

Russian Hackers/FSB Have Breached US Nuclear And Energy Networks

Clearly Dumbass Trump's meeting with Putin showed the world who's boss: Putin

ICE Officers Told To Take Action Against All Undocumented Immigrants

ICE Officers Told To Take Action Against All Undocumented Immigrants Encountered While On Duty

Time for more ethnic cleansing?

Dangers of the Increasing Alt-right presence on Social Media

The Dangers of the Increasing Alt-right presence on Social Media

Virginia pro-KKK protest fizzles

Virginia pro-KKK protest fizzles with marchers wildly outnumbered by police and counter-protesters

A few dozen Ku Klux Klan members and supporters were guarded by scores of police and outnumbered by hundreds of counter-protesters who waved signs denouncing racism.

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