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In 1952, claims that smoking causes cancer caused Kent cigarettes’ to come out with an asbestos filter to protect its smokers.
In 1952, rising public concern over the link between smoking and lung cancer prompted an unexpected—and tragically ironic—response from one major tobacco company. In an attempt to reassure smokers and maintain market share, Kent cigarettes introduced a new “safe” filter made with Micronite, a trademarked material they advertised as a scientific breakthrough in health protection. What they failed to disclose to consumers, however, was that this supposedly protective filter contained asbestos—the very same carcinogenic material later banned from construction and insulation due to its deadly health effects.
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My cat bit into my laptop
Rod Serling Warned Us About AI in 1964. We Didn’t Listen.
There’s a certain kind of television episode that doesn’t feel old. Not because it aged well, but because it never stopped aging. It keeps mutating, like a radioactive metaphor buried in a salt mine that still leaks into the water supply. That’s what The Brain Center at Whipple’s is.
5 Historic Photos That Speak Volumes
‘The Lost German girl’ – A beaten German woman, as she stood on the roadside in Czechoslovakia – she was one of thousands of refugees in the weeks following the end of the war in Europe, c. May – July 1945.
She’s standing on the side of a dirt road. Her clothes are torn. Her face is bruised. Her hair is matted, filthy, falling in clumps. She is not armed. She is not a soldier. She is maybe 16. Maybe younger. And she is utterly alone.
They call her “The Lost German Girl.”
The American Civil War in Pictures
This September 1862 photo provided by the Library of Congress shows Allan Pinkerton on horseback during the Battle of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Before the outbreak of war, he had founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. In 1861, he famously foiled an alleged plot to assassinate president-elect Lincoln, and later served as the head of the Union Intelligence Service — the forerunner of the U.S. Secret Service.
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Nikola Tesla, 1943
They found him alone.
January 8th, 1943. Room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel. The chambermaid knocked. No answer. She let herself in and discovered the body of a man who had once dreamed of lighting up the entire planet. Nikola Tesla was dead. Eighty-six years old, broke, and virtually forgotten by the world he had helped shape.
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24 People Who Bought a Home in L.A. in the Last 3 Years Reveal What They Do for a Living
So… who’s actually buying homes in L.A. right now?
We came across a fascinating Reddit thread where one user asked a simple question: “Who here has bought a house in L.A. in the past three years? Where, and what do you do for work?”
Twenty-four Angelenos chimed in with honest, detailed answers. They shared where they bought, what kind of home they landed, and what they do for a living to make it all work.
The result is a rare glimpse into what it really takes to become a homeowner in one of the most expensive cities in the country. Some buyers are in tech or law. Others are nurses, artists, engineers, or self-employed. A few had help from family. Some scrimped and saved for years. A few even surprised us.
If you’ve ever looked around and wondered, “How are people affording houses here?”—this is your answer.
These Haunting Photos Captured the True Face of the Great Depression
They called it a depression. But for millions of Americans, it felt more like a free fall.
No safety net. No work. No food. Just dust, desperation, and the distant hope that tomorrow might be better.
And standing quietly behind a large-format camera was Dorothea Lange, an American documentary photographer whose lens would go on to define this era. Originally a portrait photographer in San Francisco, Lange pivoted during the 1930s—leaving the studio behind to capture the streets, fields, and migrant camps where the pain of the Great Depression lived.