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The Salt Path is a 2018 memoir, nature, and travel book by <a title="Raynor Winn" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynor_Winn">Raynor Winn</a>. It details the long-distance walk along the <a title= "South West Coast Path" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_West_Coast_Path">South West Coast Path</a>, in <a title="South West England" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_West_England">South West England</a>, by Winn and her husband, Moth, after they lost their home, and Moth was diagnosed with fatal <a title= "Corticobasal degeneration" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corticobasal_degeneration">corticobasal degeneration</a> (CBD). It deals with the theme of <a title="Homelessness" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness">homelessness</a> and the nature of home in the face of the unpredictability of life. It was shortlisted for the 2018 <a title="Wainwright Prize" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wainwright_Prize">Wainwright Prize</a> and the <a title="" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Book_Awards">Costa Book Awards</a>, and won the 2019 <a title= "RSL Christopher Bland Prize" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSL_Christopher_Bland_Prize">RSL Christopher Bland Prize</a>. A 2024 film adaptation <a title= "The Salt Path (film)" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_Path_(film)">of the same name</a> has <a title="Gillian Anderson" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Anderson">Gillian Anderson</a> and <a title="Jason Isaacs" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Isaacs">Jason Isaacs</a> in the lead roles. Some background events central to the premise of the book were disputed following an investigative piece in July 2025 by <a title="The Observer" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Observer">The Observer</a>, which stated that Winn lost her home after stealing £64,000 from her employer, and cast doubt on her husband's diagnosis of CBD.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_Path#cite_note-Hadjimatheou_2025-1">[1]</a> Raynor has since denied these claims and said she was taking legal advice.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_Path#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_Path#cite_note-statement9july-3">[3]</a>

The Salt Path

Nzinga or Njinga Ana de Sousa Mbande (<a title="Help:IPA/English" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/nəˈzɪŋɡə/</a>; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African <a title="Paramount ruler" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_ruler">paramount ruler</a> who ruled as a queen of the <a title="Ambundu" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambundu">Ambundu</a> Kingdoms of <a title="Kingdom of Ndongo" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ndongo">Ndongo</a> (1624–1663) and <a title="Kingdom of Matamba" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Matamba">Matamba</a> (1631–1663), located in present-day <a class="mw-redirect" title= "Northern Angola" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Angola">northern Angola</a>.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba#cite_note-nyt-elliott-hughes-2019-1">[1]</a> Born into <a title="List of Ngolas of Ndongo" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ngolas_of_Ndongo">the ruling family of Ndongo</a>, her grandfather Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda was the king of Ndongo, succeeded by her father.

Queen Nzinga of Angola

Looksmaxxing is a 21st century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Internet</a> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">neologism</a> referring to the process of maximizing one's own <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_attractiveness" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">physical attractiveness</a>. The term originated on male <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">incel</a> (meaning: "involuntarily celibate")<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing#cite_note-1" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[1]</a> message boards in the 2010s.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing#cite_note-2" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[2]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing#cite_note-Farrell-2024-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[3]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing#cite_note-Miller-2024-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[4]</a> Previously, the phrase's usage had been limited to obscure internet forums, but in the 2020s became popularized on <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">TikTok</a> by men.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing#cite_note-Farrell-2024-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[3]</a> Currently, the term refers to a specified view of male beauty, and is not frequently a term used by women in a non-satirical context.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing#cite_note-Farrell-2024-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[3]</a>

Looksmaxxing

<a href= "https://www.gq.com/story/91-year-old-bank-robber-jl-hunter-rountree" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-link-auto= "">https://www.gq.com/story/91-year-old-bank-robber-jl-hunter-rountree</a>

Oceans 91

April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (rarely called All Fools' Day<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day#cite_note-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[1]</a>) is an annual custom in many Western countries on the <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">1st of April</a> consisting of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_joke" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">practical jokes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">hoaxes</a>, and pranks. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fool[s]!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day. The custom of setting aside a day for playing harmless pranks upon one's neighbor has been relatively common in the world historically.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day#cite_note-harp-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[2]</a>

April Fools' Day

A placebo (<a title="Help:IPA/English" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/pləˈsiːboʊ/</a> <a title= "Help:Pronunciation respelling key" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key">pluh-SEE-boh</a>) is a medicine or treatment intended to appear genuine to its recipient, but which has no pharmaceutical effect.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-aspmn-1">[1]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-:0-2">[2]</a> Common placebos include inert tablets (like sugar pills), inert injections (like <a title="Saline (medicine)" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saline_(medicine)">saline</a>), <a title="Sham surgery" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sham_surgery">sham surgery</a>,<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-3">[3]</a> and other procedures.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-Lanotte-4">[4]</a>

The Placebo Effect

Guy Fawkes (<a title="Help:IPA/English" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/fɔːks/</a>; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606),<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes#cite_note-1">[a]</a> also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial <a title= "Catholic Church in England and Wales" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales">English Catholics</a> involved in the failed <a title= "Gunpowder Plot" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot">Gunpowder Plot</a> of 1605. He was born and educated in <a title= "York" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York">York</a>; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a <a class="mw-redirect" title="Recusant" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recusant">recusant</a> Catholic. Fawkes converted to Catholicism and left for mainland Europe, where he fought for Catholic Spain in the <a title= "Eighty Years' War" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War">Eighty Years' War</a> against Protestant Dutch <a title="Reformation" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation">reformers</a> in the <a title="Low Countries" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Countries">Low Countries</a>. He travelled to Spain to seek support for a Catholic rebellion in England without success. He later met <a title= "Robert and Thomas Wintour" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_and_Thomas_Wintour">Thomas Wintour</a>, with whom he returned to England. Wintour introduced him to <a title="Robert Catesby" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Catesby">Robert Catesby</a>, who planned to assassinate <a title= "James VI and I" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I">King James I</a> and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne. The plotters leased an <a title="Undercroft" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercroft">undercroft</a> beneath the <a title="House of Lords" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords">House of Lords</a>; Fawkes was placed in charge of the gunpowder that they stockpiled there. The authorities were prompted by an anonymous letter to search <a class="mw-redirect" title="Westminster Palace" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Palace">Westminster Palace</a> during the early hours of 5 November, and they found Fawkes guarding the explosives. He was questioned and tortured over the next few days and confessed to wanting to blow up the House of Lords.

Guy Fawkes

Enshit*ification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is a process in which <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-sided_market" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-sided</a> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online products and services</a> decline in quality over time. Initially, <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendors" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">vendors</a> create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, and finally degrade their services to both users and business customers to maximize short-term <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_(economics)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profits</a> for <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareholder" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">shareholders</a>.

Enshit*ification

Sputnik 1 (<a title="Help:IPA/English" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/ˈspʌtnɪk, ˈspʊtnɪk/</a>, <a title= "Russian language" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language">Russian</a>: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), often referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth <a title="Satellite" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite">satellite</a>. It was launched into an elliptical <a title="Low Earth orbit" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit">low Earth orbit</a> by the <a title="Soviet Union" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</a> on 4 October 1957 as part of the <a title= "Soviet space program" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program">Soviet space program</a>. It sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks before its three <a class="mw-redirect" title= "Silver-zinc battery" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-zinc_battery">silver-zinc batteries</a> became depleted. Aerodynamic drag caused it to fall back into the atmosphere on 4 January 1958.

Sputnik

<a href= "https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/maximum-speed/"> https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/maximum-speed/</a> Taken from this article from Outside Magazine.

Competitive Watersliding

Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first <a title="Emergency medical services" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_medical_services">emergency medical service</a> in the United States to be staffed by <a title="Paramedic" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramedic">paramedics</a> with medical training beyond basic first aid.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-JEMS-1">[1]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-99PI-2">[2]</a> Founded in 1967 to serve the predominantly Black <a class= "mw-redirect" title="Hill District (Pittsburgh)" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_District_(Pittsburgh)">Hill District</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" title= "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, it was staffed entirely by African Americans.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-Empowerment-3">[3]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-Code-4">[4]</a> Freedom House Ambulance Service broke medical ground by training its personnel to previously unheard-of standards of emergency medical care for patients en route to hospitals.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-Empowerment-3">[3]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-Atavist-5">[5]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-Forgotten-6">[6]</a> The paramedic training and ambulance design standards pioneered in the Freedom House Ambulance Service would set the standard for emergency care nationally and even internationally.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-99PI-2">[2]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-Atavist-5">[5]</a> Despite its successes, the ambulance service was closed eight years after it began operating.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service#cite_note-Atavist-5">[5]</a> Elizabeth Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926)<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-:3-2">[2]</a> was an early American <a title="Civil aviation" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_aviation">civil aviator</a>. She was the <a class="mw-redirect" title= "First African-American" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_African-American">first African-American</a> woman and first <a title= "Native Americans in the United States" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States">Native American</a> to hold a <a title= "Pilot certification in the United States" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_certification_in_the_United_States">pilot</a> license,<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-ABC-3">[3]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-PBS-4">[4]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-Women_in_Aviation_International-5">[5]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-essence-6">[6]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-af-7">[7]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-pueblo-8">[8]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-whm-9">[9]</a> and is the earliest known Black person to earn an <a title= "Pilot licensing and certification" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_licensing_and_certification#History">international pilot's license</a>.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-:0-10">[10]</a> She earned her license from the <a title= "Fédération Aéronautique Internationale" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale">Fédération Aéronautique Internationale</a> on June 15, 1921.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-Women_in_Aviation_International-5">[5]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-essence-6">[6]</a><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman#cite_note-phof-11">[11]</a>

Freedom House Ambulance Service & Bessie Coleman

James Damore and the Google Memo

The Super Bowl is the annual <a title="History of the NFL championship" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_NFL_championship">league championship</a> game of the <a title= "National Football League" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League">National Football League</a> (NFL) of the United States. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since <a title= "1966 NFL season" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_NFL_season">1966</a>, replacing the <a class="mw-redirect" title= "History of the National Football League championship" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_National_Football_League_championship">NFL Championship Game</a>. Since 2022, the game has been played on the second Sunday in February. Prior Super Bowls were played on Sundays in early to mid-January from 1967 to 1978, late January from 1979 to 2003<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl#cite_note-1">[a]</a> and the first Sunday of February from 2004 to 2021. Winning teams are awarded the <a title="Vince Lombardi Trophy" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy">Vince Lombardi Trophy</a>, named after the <a title="Vince Lombardi" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi">eponymous coach</a> who won the first two Super Bowls. Because the NFL restricts the use of its "Super Bowl" trademark, it is frequently referred to as the "big game" or other generic terms by non-sponsoring corporations. The day the game is held is commonly referred to as "<a title="Super Bowl Sunday" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_Sunday">Super Bowl Sunday</a>" or "Super Sunday".

The Super Bowl

Taken from this article: From this article: <a href= "https://www.vice.com/en/article/ghost-love-lust-spectrophilia/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.vice.com/en/article/ghost-love-lust-spectrophilia/</a>

Unholy Spirits: The People who Have Sex with Ghosts

A feral child (also called wild child) is a young individual who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, with little or no experience of human care, social behavior, or language. Such children lack the basics of primary and secondary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialization" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">socialization</a>.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_child#cite_note-1" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[1]</a> The term is used to refer to children who have suffered severe <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">abuse</a> or <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">trauma</a> before being abandoned or running away. They are sometimes the subjects of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">folklore</a> and <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">legends</a>, often portrayed as having been raised by animals. While there are many cases of children being found in proximity to wild animals, there are no eyewitness accounts of animals feeding human children.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_child#cite_note-2" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">[2]</a>

Feral Children

Hundreds of proposed <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amendments</a> to the <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">United States Constitution</a> are introduced during each session of the <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">United States Congress</a>. From 1789 through January 3, 2025, approximately 11,985 measures have been proposed to amend the United States Constitution.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States#cite_note-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[1]</a> Collectively, members of the <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> and <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> typically propose around 200 amendments during each two-year term of <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States#cite_note-C-SPAN's_Capitol_Questions-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[2]</a> Most, however, never get out of the <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congressional committees</a> in which they were proposed. Only a fraction of those actually receive enough support to win Congressional approval to go through the constitutional ratification process. Some proposed amendments are introduced over and over again in different sessions of Congress. It is also common for a number of identical resolutions to be offered on issues that have widespread public and congressional support

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The Salt Path

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Queen Nzinga of Angola

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Looksmaxxing

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Oceans 91

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April Fools' Day

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The Placebo Effect

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Guy Fawkes

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Enshit*ification

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Sputnik

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Competitive Watersliding

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Freedom House Ambulance Service & Bessie Coleman

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James Damore and the Google Memo

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The Super Bowl

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Unholy Spirits: The People who Have Sex with Ghosts

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Feral Children

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