100 Things Every...

The series. One hundred things every man, woman, dad, mom, young person and grandparent should know, do or own.

Why Airplanes Fly and Why Turbulence Won't Break One

The wing throws air downward, the air pushes back, and the bumps that terrify you're nowhere near what the structure was built to shrug off.

StoryHistoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Lincoln Hired the Men Who Thought He Was a Fool

He ran a cabinet full of rivals, a war he was losing, and a country that hated itself. The record shows exactly how he did it.

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GuideBooksWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The Westerns Worth Reading When It Gets Dark at Five

Nine frontier novels that actually hold up, what's in them, and which ones you can hand to a twelve-year-old.

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Most of the Seafloor Has Never Been Properly Mapped

Pressure at the bottom of the Challenger Deep runs about eight tons per square inch, and that's the easy part to explain.

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StoryHistoryWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Ten Miles of Track in One Day

On April 28, 1869, a crew in the Utah desert broke a record nobody has broken since. Getting there took seven years, a mountain of granite, and men who kept showing up.

GuideBooksNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

How to Start a Book Club That Survives Past March

Most groups die in month four from drift, not conflict. Lock the date, pick a short first book, and put one person in charge.

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StoryScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How the Hoover Dam Actually Holds Back Lake Mead

582 miles of pipe buried in concrete, four tunnels blasted through a canyon wall, and a wedge of rock-hard math that hasn't budged since 1936.

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StoryHistoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

The Wright Brothers Didn't Trust the Experts and They Were Right

Two bicycle mechanics from Dayton threw out the world's best flight data, built their own wind tunnel, and beat every funded rival on earth.

GuideBooksMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Eight History Books That Read Like Thrillers

Real events, real men, and prose good enough that you'll stay up past midnight. Start with Shackleton and build from there.

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GuideScience & SpaceSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Five Saturday Science Projects That Actually Teach Something

The baking soda volcano is a dud. These five take an afternoon, cost almost nothing, and give your kids something they can change and test again.

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StoryHistoryMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Washington Slept in a Tent Until His Men Had Roofs

Valley Forge killed roughly 2,000 Americans without a shot fired. What Washington did in those six months is still the best leadership manual in print.

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