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30 Photos That Feel Like a Warm Hug From the Past
5 Historic Photos That Speak Volumes
Dick Cheney and George W Bush at the White House on 14 December 2007. Cheney was part of a group of Bush Jr advisers who called themselves ‘the Vulcans’
Let’s get one thing straight: the story of Dick Cheney is not one of accident. It’s a story of intent. And if you want to understand the post-9/11 world—if you want to understand Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, surveillance, even the modern deep suspicion of government—you have to understand Cheney. And to understand Cheney, you need to understand the Vulcans.
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A Few Photos That Will Remind You That Life Is Beautiful
Word of the Day
June 15, 2026
renovate
to enlarge and make prettier, especially a house
“After getting renovated, the house was twice as big and much more attractive.”
A Damn Fine Collection of Fascinating Photos
The back seat of a vintage Toyota Century limo
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24 Fascinating Documents Collected From History
Civil War Draft Letter, Providence, RI, 1863
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5 Fascinating Facts and the Stories Behind Them
When Carrie Fisher told Harrison Ford she was going to publish her journals & reveal they had an affair (Ford was married) while filming Star Wars (1977), Ford raised his finger & said “Lawyer!”
In 1977, Harrison Ford had two kids, a wife, and a carpenter’s tan. Carrie Fisher was 19, famously brilliant, possibly stoned, and about to be devoured by the black hole of global pop culture fandom. They met on the set of Star Wars, a film that would make them both immortal, though not necessarily in the same way. He would become an icon; she would become Princess Leia. Not the actress who played her. Leia. Period.
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17 Eyebrow-Raising Items That People Have Returned to Costco
There’s a certain kind of person who walks into Costco’s return line like they’re testing the limits of human decency. Not in an aggressive way. Not in a loud or confrontational way. But in that deeply unsettling, almost Zen-like way that says, “I know this is wrong, but the system allows it. So what are we really doing here?”
These people aren’t returning things—they’re performing a social experiment. They’re playing Calvinball with capitalism, bending unspoken rules into Möbius strips of logic only they seem to understand. It’s not about money. It’s not about buyer’s remorse. It’s about testing the boundaries of what’s allowed when no one has the nerve to say no.
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5 Big Questions From History, Answered
What did it feel like to be a civilian during a Mongol invasion
Imagine waking up to the sound of hooves. Not dozens. Thousands. The ground literally shaking beneath your feet. You’re in a town you’ve known your whole life—maybe a farming village, maybe a walled city with guards and watchtowers—and someone on the edge of town starts screaming that they’re here. You don’t need to ask who.
This Is What Life Looked Like in 1941
A British couple sleeps inside a “Morrison shelter” used as protection from collapsing homes during the WWII ‘Blitz’ bombing raids. March 1941
