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Haley Bennett stars as Roxanne and Peter Dinklage as Cyrano in "Cyrano" (Peter Mountain / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures)

The real man behind Cyrano de Bergerac

Joseph Harris - The Conversation
The Yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793. Carriages rumbled through the streets to pick up the dying and the dead. Woodcut shows Stephen Girard on errand of mercy. (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

The 1793 pandemic that foreshadowed 2020

Matthew Rozsa
Signing of the Declaration of Independence (Getty Images/Keith Lance)

Why France helped the Founding Fathers

Willard Sterne Randall
Hydrogen Bomb (H-Bomb) explosion from U.S. Navy nuclear test, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (Getty Images/FPG)

Adlai Stevenson and the bomb

Matthew Rozsa
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Aged Steak (Butter Meat Co.)

Can we learn to love old beef?

Maggie Hennessy
Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why the Big Lie is believed by so many

Matthew Rozsa
John Wayne Gacy, Nelson Rockefeller and Ted Bundy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why serial killers are drawn to politics

Matthew Rozsa
Christian cross and covid-19 (Getty Images/azerberber)

COVID-19 is causing a crisis in faith

Matthew Rozsa
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James Garfield, Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why James Garfield matters (or should)

Matthew Rozsa
Plastic Bottles (Getty Images)

Why can't humanity quit BPA?

Matthew Rozsa
Crimini mushrooms with garlic and basil in pan, braised (Getty Images)

Skip button mushrooms and look for these

Katherine Sacks - FoodPrint
Donald Trump, George Washington and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Washington's farewell matters

Matthew Rozsa
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Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky and Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy in "Don't Look Up" (Niko Tavernise/Netflix)

The existential panic is real

Ariella Cook-Shonkoff
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

How to make kombucha at home

Sarah Jampel - Food52
(Getty/filadendron)

Runner's high is a lot like a weed high

Hilary A. Marusak - The Conversation
Benito Mussolini and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Mussolini: Donald Trump's role model?

Matthew Rozsa
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Members of the National Nurses United read the names of the 88 nurses they say have died from COVID-19 while demonstrating in Lafayette Park across from the White House May 07, 2020 in Washington, DC. The union is protesting during Nurses' Week to demand that their employers and the federal government 'provide safe workplaces by providing optimal personal protective equipment (PPE), safe staffing, presumptive eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits and more during the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The CDC caves to commerce

Bob Hennelly
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can Democrats break the midterm curse?

Matthew Rozsa
Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge. (Robert Viglasky/FX)

What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean?

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Taylor Swift attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

T. Swift & the history of breakup songs

Anthony Howe - The Conversation
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15th-century manuscript illustration of Moses spreading the plague of boils (Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Black Plague had its own truthers

Matthew Rozsa
A Christmas pickle hangs on a Christmas tree in New York, 2016 (Johannes Schmitt-Tegge/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Origin of the Christmas pickle ornament

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

Think you hate fondant? Think again

Erin Jeanne McDowell - Food52
Out of control fire on Narrow Neck Plateau, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, Australia. Climate change is causing extreme weather, prolonged droughts and increasing bushfires | Empty store shelves are seen in a supermarket as people has been stocking up for food and other essential items fearing the supply shortages (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Climate change is coming for your food

Matthew Rozsa
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