Life Advice, Counterfeit Wine, and Filth

Life Advice For Young Men That Went Viral in the 1850s – Slate “This anonymous list of advice for young men was a mid-nineteenth-century viral sensation, appearing in at least 28 newspapers, Northern and Southern, with datelines between 1851 and 1860. The list even made it all the way to … Read More

Water Witching, Caffeine Creativity, and Outlawing Tipping

“I Was a Nazi and Here’s Why” – the New Yorker Not many ex-Nazis have been clear and honest about why they did what they did, but Melita Maschmann is an exception. Our Dad, the Water Witch of Wyoming – Collector’s Weekly “For most people, the practice of dowsing for … Read More

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