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UNCOVERED: 7 | History Defined

How to tax (a guide for governments)

Lessons on what really works from more than 300 years of history

Financial Times

Review: Broadway's '1776' is at war with its own material

NEW YORK — As directed by by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, the revival of the 1969 musical “1776,” which opened last week at the Roundabout Theatre, is the latest entry in the current trend of blowing up the baked-in optimism of the American musical theater.

Tribune News Service

When do the clocks go back in October 2022 and why do they change?

British clocks will revert to Greenwich Mean Time when they go back an hour in October

The Independent UK

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Commentary: A pandemic lesson: The less you do, the less you do

Benjamin Franklin once said “if you want something done, ask a busy person,” to which comedian Lucille Ball later added “the more things you do, the more things you can do.” The point, of course, is that people who stay busy are more energetic, more organized and more motivated by…

Tribune News Service

10 amazing quotes about Scotland from famous people

As you'd expect, many people have fallen in love with Scotland in the past.

Daily Record

Ken Burns: ‘We’re in perhaps the most difficult crisis in the history of America’

In a new docuseries, the film-maker looks back to the Holocaust and US apathy to make links toward where we are right now

The Guardian - US

Abortion, democracy reshaping midterms

No, one special election victory doesn't prove anything — but it sure feels like the political winds have shifted

Salon

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A Florida license plate has reopened the debate over the 'Don't tread on me' flag

Gov. Ron DeSantis says a plate featuring the Revolutionary War-era Gadsden flag sends a "clear message to out-of-state cars." Others say the flag symbolizes a dangerous far-right extremist ideology.

WEKU

People don't know who invented algorithms, fridges and wi-fi for terrible reason

The inventors of the dishwasher, gas central heating, CCTV and windshield wipers have also been forgotten

Wales Online

The Power of Dividend Reinvestment in REITs

Once upon a time in the United States, regular savings accounts paid over 5% interest. The May 31, 1979, issue of the New York Times reported that federal regulators allowed commercial banks to pay 5.25% interest on their savings accounts, while savings and loans and mutual savings banks were able…

Benzinga

Jack Nicklaus joins Bobby Jones, Ben Franklin – yes, that Ben Franklin! – as the only Americans granted honorary citizenship from St. Andrews

Nicklaus won two of his British Open titles at The Old Course and played eight Opens in all there.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Commentary: Let’s replace cancel culture with a culture of honesty

Upon leaving the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin told his fellow citizens that it had produced “a Republic, if you can keep it.” His answer contained a warning that still resonates. The continued success of America’s journey depends on our ability to settle our domestic political disagreements through dialogue rather than…

Tribune News Service

Fourth of July 2023: Which three US presidents died on Independence Day?

US celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence and remembers the Founding Fathers who made it possible

The Independent UK

Fourth of July 2022: What is the history behind America’s biggest national holiday?

Family barbecues, fireworks and baseball games traditionally held every year to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence

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10 Weirdest Facts About The American Revolution: Jefferson, Betsy Ross And The Ethiopian Regiment

In the classic movie “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” one of the characters offers the statement “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”

ABC News

You've seen the Stranger Things version, but what went on at the infamous historical Hellfire Club?

Stranger Thing's Hellfire Club is mainly made up of the school's "losers" and outcasts — but the original 18th century version was much more racy, writes Esmé Louise James.

The Conversation

Pornography, the devil and baboons in fancy dress: what went on at the infamous historical Hellfire Club

After a month of waiting, the season finale of Stranger Things season 4 has almost arrived on Netflix. This season, along with the nightmarish arch-villain Vecna, we have been introduced to “the Hellfire Club” – the Dungeons and Dragons club of Hawkins high school.

Belfast Live

Bethany Firth targeting Commonwealth Games 'first' in Birmingham

“To win a Commonwealth Games medal would give me the whole collection."

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Salon

25 unknown facts about Thomas Jefferson

Apparently the third president harvested opium and had a pet mockingbird named Dick

Salon

Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

The founding father who keeps popping up (but was cut from “Hamilton”) is arguably our true national treasure

Salon

Ken Burns on the flawed Ben Franklin

PBS' two-part documentary shows our country's most relatable Founding Father – statesman, inventor ... rascal

Los Angeles Times

Ben Franklin was the most famous American of his era. Ken Burns' new doc shows why

If we are reckoning by money, Benjamin Franklin — the man on the $100 bill — is 20 times as important as Abraham Lincoln, 100 times as important as George Washington and 10 times as important as Alexander Hamilton, notwithstanding "Hamilton." This is bad math, of course, because there is…

The Independent UK

‘There are times when I feel lonely’: Elon Musk opens up in interview that touches on personal life

The Tesla founder shared his thoughts on Putin, Benjamin Franklin and why the US’s ‘ancient leadership’ showed humans shouldn’t live forever in new interview

The Guardian - UK

When do the clocks change in the UK – and what started the annual ritual?

British Summer Time begins again at 1.00am on Sunday 27 March, with the nation losing an hour of potential lie-in

Wales Online

Clocks going forward has nothing to with farmers - it's about saving money

Idea is said to have been first proposed by American scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin in 1784

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