Attorney General Robert Kennedy is comforted by two of his children on the lawn of his home, after he had been notified of the assassination of his brother, November 22, 1963
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Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s new flying car
Musk promised a flying car years ago and then kept the secret ingredient, a rocket company, in his back pocket, so check how he pulled it off and whether he's allowed to sell it.
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MapQuest will now show you where Flock cameras are in your neighborhood
The app everyone forgot about is suddenly the one with the most useful new toggle, and the soundtrack on the announcement video is perfect.
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The 20,000 pigs that cleaned up New York City in the 1800s
Before sanitation departments, the city had a very different, very oinky workforce, and apparently it did the job.
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She Found a Long-Lost $25,000 C.D. Here’s What Happened Next.
Check your old paperwork before you read this, because the bank's side of the story is the part that should make you nervous.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs moved to a new prison after reports of a luxury lifestyle behind bars
Even federal prison apparently has a premium tier, and somebody noticed.
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Donald Trump calls off livestreamed execution of Fort Hood shooter
The reversal came fast, and the reasoning Trump gave for the original plan is worth reading for yourself.
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Experts Prep for AI Bots Taking Out Entire Financial System…
The prepper checklist starts with something in your wallet, and the grocery store hack that set it off involved some very angry refrigerators.
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NBA tells sportsbooks to prohibit certain bets, restrict parlays
The league just banned a list of wagers, and a few of them are stranger than you'd expect.
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After 13 years: the Final Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer
Thirteen years of waiting, and the internet's collective blood pressure is about to spike again.
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Drone strikes in the Black Sea raise fears of Russian escalation to test NATO's response
A serious look at why attacks on ships off two NATO countries have allies worried about where this goes next.
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Police identify 16-year-old suspect in deadly Oregon school shooting
Investigators are now focused on how the suspect got the gun.
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27 Memes That Won The Internet This Week
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26 Works of Art Worth Slowing Down For
Jacob Vrel – Woman at a window, waving at a girl (ca. 1650)
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27 Nostalgic Photos to Distract You From the Slow Collapse of Civilization
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20 Fascinating Photos That Deserve a Closer Look
The detail on a 500 year old marble sculpture. Michaeangelo, “David” [1501-1504]
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20 Times Everyday Life Accidentally Turned Into a Renaissance Painting
The Labour of the Mattress
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Word of the Day
October 16, 2026
neophyte
someone who is young or inexperienced
“As a neophyte in the literary world, Malik had trouble finding a publisher for his first novel.”
21 Fascinating Photos Collected From History
Soviet soldiers celebrate returning home alive, 1945.
They are laughing. They embrace one another, their faces bright with the simple, almost unbelievable happiness of being alive. Of the roughly 34 million men and women who served in the Soviet armed forces during the war, nearly nine million would never return. For those who fought on the front lines, particularly in the terrible battles of 1941 and 1942, the chances of survival could be far worse.
For four years, death had walked beside these men, slept in their trenches, and called out the names of their comrades. Now the war is over, and they are going home. Somewhere, mothers are waiting at railway stations, wives are listening for footsteps, and children are trying to remember the faces of their fathers. Yet in every returning train there are empty places, and in every village there are doors that will never open again. These men have survived what millions did not. They laugh because the sun is shining, because the earth is no longer trembling beneath their feet, because tomorrow belongs to them once more. And perhaps, beneath their laughter, there is a sorrow too deep for tears.
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31 Glimpses Into the Soul-Crushing Hellscape of Modern Recruiting
Who Was Machiavelli and What Did He Believe?
There are historical figures who are misunderstood. Then there are those who are so deeply entangled in the mythology of their own name that the myth becomes the understanding. Niccolò Machiavelli is in the second camp. His name is shorthand for manipulation, deception, backstabbing, and political sociopathy—an entire worldview reduced to a sneer.
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