TWO BOSSY DAMES
I was especially obsessed with Ronnie Spector, who had all the big feelings I had in her amazing voice but wouldn’t, in my mind, dissolve into tears on my playground when someone was mean to her.
The Forgotten History of the Swimmobile
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It may seem like a pipe dream, but at one point, there were actually swimmobiles, mobile swimming pools that traveled to neighborhoods with no beach or pool and offered kids the chance to splash around and cool off.
The Wild Story of the Kentucky Meat Shower
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Hail, frog, locusts ... meat? Residents of Olympia Springs, Kentucky perhaps thought a whole new plague was upon them on May 3, 1876 when chunks of meat fell from the sky.
When Artichokes Took Down The Mafia
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Not only had the Sicilian American mob exerted control over the artichoke market for several decades, but it was just one of the many food-based schemes they had in place, which also included citrus fruits, olive oil, avocados, and more.
Julia Child's Secret Relationship With The CIA
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Julia graduated from the Katherine Branson School For Girls where she was known for her height (she was over six feet tall) as well as for being a prankster, athlete, and adventurer—a former classmate reportedly described her as "really, really wild."
Maury Terry: The "Son of Sam" Journalist Who Went Too Far
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“Maury Terry made a deal with the devil and sold his soul to the tabloid press in exchange for coverage. But tragically, I think that ended up undermining the veracity of his original investigation.”
The Untold Truth of the I-5 Strangler
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This was not the first time Roger Kibbe had been questioned regarding a woman's disappearance, and his wife Harriet was reportedly "alarmed." Furthermore, Kibbe's brother was a homicide detective, and apparently, he'd asked his brother for advice on how to handle being investigated.
The Medicinal History of Sodas Explained
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From their beginnings in the 1760s right up into the 20th century, sodas were conceived, marketed, and imbibed as "health tonics" that were said to cure all sorts of physical, emotional, and psychological problems.