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  • The Lost History of Yellowstone

    The Lost History of Yellowstone
    Jan 26 2021
    2,147 words

    After 14 summers excavating in Yellowstone National Park, Doug MacDonald has a simple rule of thumb. “Pretty much anywhere you’d want to pitch a tent, there are artifacts,” he says, holding up a 3,000-year-old obsidian projectile point that his team has just dug out of the ground.

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lost-history-yellowstone-180976518/
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    32 mins
  • The Rise and Fall of the Bank Robbery Capital of the World

    The Rise and Fall of the Bank Robbery Capital of the World
    Jan 15 2021
    1,983 words

    At 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 29, 1983, a man the FBI called the Yankee Bandit walked into the lobby of a Bank of America in the Melrose district of Los Angeles and stood in line.

    https://crimereads.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-bank-robbery-capital-of-the-world/
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    29 mins
  • The Plague Year

    The Plague Year
    Jan 4 2021
    31,457 words

    There are three moments in the yearlong catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic when events might have turned out differently.

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-plague-year
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    3 hrs and 4 mins
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