China’s Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping visited a rodeo in Simonton Texas, in 1979. He got a Stetson, and a couple of prize bulls. But that’s not all. Phil Edwards explains.
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“How a 10-gallon hat helped heal relations between China and America,” Adam Taylor, Washington Post
Your grandparents may remember Bertram Russell (1872 –1970), British philosopher, logician, and social critic. He remembers his own grandfather, who met Napoleon, in this 1952 interview.
After 300 years of hunting a mythical El Dorado in the Americas, archaeologists looked more closely at Amazonia’s forest floor, working with the remaining Indigenous people and excavated long ditches and mounds. Mapping them, they found the markings of large settlements; walls, moats, plazas, and roads connected to even more settlements, all over the Amazon. A Vox video by Sam Ellis.
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“‘Mind blowing’ ancient settlements uncovered in the Amazon,” Freda Kreier, Nature
Laura Francoeur, Chief Wildlife Biologist for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, explains how they minimize bard-plance collisions at JFK Airport. A Wall Street Journal video.
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“Port Authority Biologists Work to Keep Turtles Off JFK’s Runways,” Lori Chung, NY1
The fighters swing official two pound pillows, foam-filled and queen-sized, in nylon sailcloth cases. It’s the new sport of Professional Pillow Fighting.
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“Pillow fighting could be the next great combat sport – no, seriously,” Jordan Blumetti, The Guardian