(see: burning man)
(see: lake tahoe)
(see: death valley)
(see: las vegas)
(see: area 51)
(see: reno)

apple's new tv series about extraordinary athletes. episodes are really short* because the show focuses on the athletes' specific moments of their careers. here are the athletes:

(see: lebron james)
(see: tom brady)
(see: alex morgan)
(see: usain bolt)
(see: shaun white)
(see: kelly slater)
(see: katie ledecky)

1904-1991. most widely known as dr. seuss. beloved children’s poet, storyteller, illustrator, and much more. well-known works are the grinch who stole christmas and the cat in the hat. some stories and comics are known for their harsher political undertones associated with the 2nd world war and other significant historical events.

almost the national bird of the united states. a large domesticated bird most commonly used for food. traditionally served during the holidays. (see: thanksgiving)

massive electronics company founded by steve jobs, steve wozniak, and ronald wayne
in 1976. known for their top-of-the-line products including mac computers and laptops, ipod, iphone, and ipad.

aka scaffold piercing, two piercings connected by a bar across the top of the ear

its citizens live to make president erdogan, his family, and oligarchs richer.

example:

"according to the world bank's figures, five turkish construction companies, the limak holding, cengiz holding, kolin, kalyon and mng holdings are among the world's top ten tender-winning companies."

home.

the pain of losing something precious – be it happiness or material wealth – can be forgotten over time. but our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache. or perhaps what haunts us is that nagging thought that things might have turned out differently. because without that thought, we would put it down to fate and accept it.

sabahattin ali

(see: #613)

people refer to the 1830s as the period of "jacksonian democracy," but these terms refer more to the spirit of reform that swept jackson into office than to any democratic reforms that he created, jackson's own ideas of democracy were limited. he was, for example, a slave owner, and he designed the indian removal policy. the american people embraced him in large part because he was a self-made man who, like many of them, had settled in the frontier west.

sherman was the head of a military school in louisiana when the civil war began. ohio-born, sherman rejected the south's offer of a command and enlisted in the union army. early in the war, he suffered from severe depression, considering himself a failure. sherman went on to become a relentless leader, and was grant's most trusted general.

emanuel leutze's painting depicting general george washington leading troops across the frozen delaware river to attack the british at trenton is an idealized view of a great moment in american history. washington is shown standing, which would have been dangerous, since it would have unbalanced the boat. plus, the painting shows the wrong kind of boat and a flag that had not yet been created.

knowledge is power *
that's why some people don't want to share it with anyone.

in 1925, a tennessee teacher named john t. scopes was arrested for teaching charles darwin's theory of evolution, which said that "higher" forms of life, such as humans, olved from "lower" life forms, such as apes. many rural americans felt this theory was at odds with the creationism they believed in and their traditional christian values.

william jennings bryan, the great populist hero, spoke for the prosecution. scopes was defended by famous defense attorney clarence darrow. in his questioning, darrow made bryan seem foolish and ignorant. the trial settled nothing, though. scopes was fined $100, and the ruling was later reversed on a technicality.