395
Emperor Theodosius I dies at Milan, the Roman Empire is re-divided into an eastern and a western half. The Eastern Roman Empire is centered in Constantinople under Arcadius, son of Theodosius, and the Western Roman Empire in Mediolanum under Honorius, his brother, at the age of 10.
1377
Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
1608
Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 men.
1912
Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
1961
Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
1961
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the “military-industrial complex”.
1966
A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident.
1991
Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
1998
Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.
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Please tell me the Tomlin rumors are not true.
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Roger Severino insists that the Heritage Foundation, under its president Kevin Roberts, still supports free markets and free trade, “but” – BUT? – “we’ll pursue those goods without sacrificing our love of faith and family, our national security, the innocence of our children, or loyalty to the U.S.”
So it supports free markets and free trade except when it doesn't?
A Russian research vessel located the remains of Likhter-4, a Soviet-era barge that was intentionally sunk in 198, full of nuclear waste.
Roger Severino insists that the Heritage Foundation, under its president Kevin Roberts, still supports free markets and free trade, “but” – BUT? – “we’ll pursue those goods without sacrificing our love of faith and family, our national security, the innocence of our children, or loyalty to the U.S.”
So it supports free markets and free trade except when it doesn't?
Trump is just making an omlet. He is "The Sineater."
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A Russian research vessel located the remains of Likhter-4, a Soviet-era barge that was intentionally sunk in 198, full of nuclear waste.
A good citizen of the world.
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Millions of traders logging on every day to services like Kalshi and Polymarket to place high-dollar and incredibly risky bets on the outcome of the world in real time, whether it's an award host's turn of phrase to the number of migrants the U.S. will deport this year.
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In Ukraine in the early 1930s, collectivization led to such mass man-made starvation and cannibalism that Soviet authorities had to distribute posters that read, “To eat your own children is a barbarian act.”
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Millions of traders logging on every day to services like Kalshi and Polymarket to place high-dollar and incredibly risky bets on the outcome of the world in real time, whether it's an award host's turn of phrase to the number of migrants the U.S. will deport this year.
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SatStats
California’s Medicaid spending—which pays for Native American exorcisms, music lessons, cooking classes and many other nonmedical services—has ballooned by nearly 50% over the last two years.
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2025 was the third-worst non-recession year of the 21st century for job growth. Put differently, 19 of the past 26 years (for the year 2000 is included in these calculations) saw more job growth than did 2025. In fact, even one recession (2007) year saw more job growth than did 2025.
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Two-thirds of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, built their own businesses
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In 2024 alone, state Medicaid Fraud Control Units reported more than 1,151 convictions and more than $1.4 billion in civil and criminal recoveries. Federal enforcement recovers a tiny share of what is stolen. Fraud that goes undetected never appears in the data.
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Warren Buffett's 90/10 strategy involves allocating 90% of assets to a low-cost S&P 500 index fund and 10% to short-term government bonds.
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“The speed of intercontinental travel rose from about 35 kilometers per hour for large ocean liners in 1900 to 885 km/h for the Boeing 707 in 1958, an average rise of 5.6 percent a year. But that speed has remained essentially constant ever since—the Boeing 787 cruises just a few percent faster than the 707”
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The number of bourbon distilleries in the US went from 75 in 2006 to nearly 2,300 by 2022.
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On average, 70% of the time Americans spend online leaves them feeling disconnected and lonely rather than genuinely connected, leading to feelings of being overwhelmed (25%), anxious (22%), and irritable (18%).
84% of Americans have adopted analogue lifestyle choices, with 32% writing in notebooks, 31% reading printed books, and 28% using paper calendars to create boundaries screens can’t provide.
70% of Americans plan to read more in 2026, with half choosing physical books specifically, citing how reading makes them feel relaxed (46%), mentally stimulated (32%), and grounded (27%)
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More than half of the volume of S&P 500 options traded are those that expire on the same day. These have low premiums and offer very high leverage (up to 400x). On average, the expected payout is -32,000%.
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Humans throughput information at 10 bits per second, so “Instead of the bundle of Neuralink electrodes, Musk could just use a telephone, whose data rate has been designed to match human language, which in turn is matched to the speed of perception and cognition.”
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Education
Among public school students who began high school in 2018, 87% graduated within four years. This was true for:
Among high school students who graduated in 2024 and took the ACT college readiness exam, the following racial/ethnic groups met ACT’s college readiness benchmarks in all four subjects:
SatStats
California’s Medicaid spending—which pays for Native American exorcisms, music lessons, cooking classes and many other nonmedical services—has ballooned by nearly 50% over the last two years.
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2025 was the third-worst non-recession year of the 21st century for job growth. Put differently, 19 of the past 26 years (for the year 2000 is included in these calculations) saw more job growth than did 2025. In fact, even one recession (2007) year saw more job growth than did 2025.
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Two-thirds of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, built their own businesses
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In 2024 alone, state Medicaid Fraud Control Units reported more than 1,151 convictions and more than $1.4 billion in civil and criminal recoveries. Federal enforcement recovers a tiny share of what is stolen. Fraud that goes undetected never appears in the data.
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Warren Buffett's 90/10 strategy involves allocating 90% of assets to a low-cost S&P 500 index fund and 10% to short-term government bonds.
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Today, 44% of women in America are unpartnered.
IVF accounts for almost 100,000 births each year. That's up 50% from 10 years ago. 2% of births in America.
The number of unmarried women in their 40s who are having babies has grown by 250% in the last 30 years.
Each time a woman tries to get pregnant via IVF, the cost can range from $15,000 to over $30,000.
Today, 44% of women in America are unpartnered.
IVF accounts for almost 100,000 births each year. That's up 50% from 10 years ago. 2% of births in America.
The number of unmarried women in their 40s who are having babies has grown by 250% in the last 30 years.
Each time a woman tries to get pregnant via IVF, the cost can range from $15,000 to over $30,000.
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“The speed of intercontinental travel rose from about 35 kilometers per hour for large ocean liners in 1900 to 885 km/h for the Boeing 707 in 1958, an average rise of 5.6 percent a year. But that speed has remained essentially constant ever since—the Boeing 787 cruises just a few percent faster than the 707”
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The number of bourbon distilleries in the US went from 75 in 2006 to nearly 2,300 by 2022.
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On average, 70% of the time Americans spend online leaves them feeling disconnected and lonely rather than genuinely connected, leading to feelings of being overwhelmed (25%), anxious (22%), and irritable (18%).
84% of Americans have adopted analogue lifestyle choices, with 32% writing in notebooks, 31% reading printed books, and 28% using paper calendars to create boundaries screens can’t provide.
70% of Americans plan to read more in 2026, with half choosing physical books specifically, citing how reading makes them feel relaxed (46%), mentally stimulated (32%), and grounded (27%)
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More than half of the volume of S&P 500 options traded are those that expire on the same day. These have low premiums and offer very high leverage (up to 400x). On average, the expected payout is -32,000%.
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Humans throughput information at 10 bits per second, so “Instead of the bundle of Neuralink electrodes, Musk could just use a telephone, whose data rate has been designed to match human language, which in turn is matched to the speed of perception and cognition.”
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Education
Among public school students who began high school in 2018, 87% graduated within four years. This was true for:
- 94% of Asian students.
- 90% of white students.
- 83% of Hispanic students.
- 81% of black students.
- 74% of American Indian/Native Alaskan students.
- English – 51%
- Reading – 40%
- Science – 30%
- Mathematics – 29%
Among high school students who graduated in 2024 and took the ACT college readiness exam, the following racial/ethnic groups met ACT’s college readiness benchmarks in all four subjects:
- Asian – 47%
- White – 27%
- Hispanic – 11%
- Pacific Islander – 8%
- American Indian – 5%
- African American – 5%
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A suggestion that protected industries become less productive:
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