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
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The 20,000 pigs that cleaned up New York City in the 1800s
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She Found a Long-Lost $25,000 C.D. Here’s What Happened Next.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs moved to a new prison after reports of a luxury lifestyle behind bars
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Donald Trump calls off livestreamed execution of Fort Hood shooter
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Experts Prep for AI Bots Taking Out Entire Financial System…
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NBA tells sportsbooks to prohibit certain bets, restrict parlays
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After 13 years: the Final Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer
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Drone strikes in the Black Sea raise fears of Russian escalation to test NATO's response
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Police identify 16-year-old suspect in deadly Oregon school shooting
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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 Times Everyday Life Accidentally Turned Into a Renaissance Painting
The Labour of the Mattress
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31 Glimpses Into the Soul-Crushing Hellscape of Modern Recruiting
Word of the Day
October 22, 2026
antiseptic
clean, sterile
“The antiseptic hospital was very bare, but its cleanliness helped to keep patients healthy.”
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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5 Historic Photos That Speak Volumes
One Nation Indivisible, San Francisco, by Doorthea Lange. 1942
