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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life

“Yeah, Napoleon. Is he hiding a pistol?”

“Yeah, Napoleon. Is he hiding a pistol?”

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“When the gods grumble, LISTEN!!”

“When the gods grumble, LISTEN!!”

For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have

“While there is a limit to human intelligence, there is none for stupidity.”

“While there is a limit to human intelligence, there is none for stupidity.”

Quoting Google:   In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled

Buffalo never roamed in the West

Buffalo never roamed in the West

The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s

“He smelled like rotting fish!?”

“He smelled like rotting fish!?”

Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on

“Did slavery make the South rich?”

“Did slavery make the South rich?”

There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the

“Hey!  If you don’t want to pay a living wage; do it yourself!”

“Hey!  If you don’t want to pay a living wage; do it yourself!”

Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.

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No, what you are seeing is history, not fantasy.

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“And you think you’ve got a tough job?”

“And you think you’ve got a tough job?”

The most popular boogey man right now is AI. AI, “Artificial Intelligence” is supposed to

“Now, don’t get all 1970s on me!”

“Now, don’t get all 1970s on me!”

DO NOT ROLL YOUR EYES when I tell you this is a statue of Sonny

OK. This is photoshop

OK. This is photoshop

Ok. This is photoshop. It was done in the 1940s to stimulate the Alaska sea

“You want to build a bridge in the Alaska Gold Rush of what??!!”

“You want to build a bridge in the Alaska Gold Rush of what??!!”

In the teens, someone who was incredibly stupid was known as being “as cunning as

Newspapers: a century of no change at all

Newspapers: a century of no change at all

This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy.  He was the Yahoo of

“He toured the South during slavery days …. and he was black?!”

“He toured the South during slavery days …. and he was black?!”

Hard as it is to believe, America’s first black celebrity was a magician, hypnotist and

Truth is NOT a matter of perspective

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On May 22, 1906

On May 22, 1906

On May 22, 1906, the city of Fairbanks  -- in the District of Alaska since

“Yes, there were black combat units in World War I and World War II.”

“Yes, there were black combat units in World War I and World War II.”

There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the

The great power of art…

The great power of art…

The great power of art is to transcend its components. Anyone can splash paint on

Resurgence of the Ballyhoo

Resurgence of the Ballyhoo

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“Hey!  What’s in that bottle?!”

“Hey! What’s in that bottle?!”

Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,

The Matter of the Invisible Man

The Matter of the Invisible Man

An impossible crime unfolds when diamonds vanish from a locked vault without a trace, forcing Captain Noonan to solve a case blamed on an invisible man.
“Little Sure Shot.”

“Little Sure Shot.”

This is an accurate photograph of Annie Oakley while she was traveling with Buffalo Bill’s

“So, you think you got it bad?”

“So, you think you got it bad?”

One of the easiest things to do is complain.  And the people who do it

“If you don’t have something unique you have nothing.”

“If you don’t have something unique you have nothing.”

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American English, the hardest language to learn

American English, the hardest language to learn

My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the

History is not the story of the past

History is not the story of the past

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“Who is that Inupiat?”

“Who is that Inupiat?”

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“Just keep going!”

“Just keep going!”

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“Home on the Range, er, Tundra”

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“You’ve come a long way, Baby!”

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