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Five Things You Can Find in the Night Sky Without a Telescope

Twenty minutes in the backyard, no gear, and you can pick out a planet, a star cluster, and a galaxy two and a half million light years out.

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.

Preparedness5 min

Drill Your Kids for Emergencies Without Giving Them Nightmares

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The Real Story Behind SpaceX, NASA and the Race to the Moon

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.

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Crate the Cat Before the Wind Picks Up

The pet plan that works is the one you build on a quiet Tuesday: carrier, records, microchip, and a hotel two counties inland that takes dogs.

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How to Pick Between a Push Mower, a Rider and a Zero Turn

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Washington Slept in a Tent Until His Men Had Roofs

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What to Do Before the Power Goes Out When You Live Alone

One pair of hands changes the math on every emergency plan. Here's the version that actually works for a household of one.

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Put the Lawn to Bed Right Before the Ground Freezes

The last fertilizer run of the year does more for your grass than everything you did in June, if you time it to the soil and not the calendar.

History6 min

Gettysburg and the Three Days That Decided a Nation

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Your Emergency Fund and the Cash You Can Actually Reach

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Start Seeds Indoors and Skip the Garden Center Six-Pack

The calendar math, the gear that actually matters, and the reason your tomato seedlings keep flopping over like wet spaghetti.

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The Moon Race Was a Thriller and Nobody Knew How It Ended

Two weeks before Apollo 11 lifted off, the Soviet moon rocket blew up and took its launch pad with it. Almost nobody in America knew.

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Flood Prep Starts Thirty Days Before the Rain

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Light Your Yard So It Looks Good and Nobody Tries the Door

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The Habits That Got a Generation Through the Great Depression

Thirty dollars a month, twenty-five of it mailed home. What the 1930s actually taught the people who lived them, hard parts included.

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What Your Parents Need Before The Next Three-Day Outage

Pills, power, and a phone number written on paper. One Saturday at their house beats a dozen worried calls when the lines are down.

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