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Prepared Foods

Scrapple

Pennsylvania's pork loaf embodies Amish resourcefulness.
Sweets

Moon Mist

The Nova Scotia ice cream flavor is so beloved, women dye their hair to match its pastel swirl.
Tools

Podstakannik

These old-school metal tea-glass holders are a fixture on Russian trains.
Drinks

Țuică

Romania's all-occasion plummy spirit.
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Upcoming Events
Courtesy of Science Friday.
Jun 18

Chicago, Illinois

Cephalopod Movie Night with Science Friday!

Join the Science Friday crew to celebrate Cephalopod Week with libations, live performances, and an immersion into the underwater world of these strange tentacled creatures.
Vampire Squid.
Jun 19

Los Angeles, California

Cephalopod Movie Night with Science Friday!

Celebrate Cephalopod Week with an immersion into the underwater world of these strange tentacled creatures at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater.
Giant Squid.
Jun 20

New York, New York

Cephalopod Movie Night with Science Friday!

Join the Science Friday crew to celebrate Cephalopod week with libations and an immersion into the underwater world of these strange, tentacled creatures.
Jun 20

Denver, Colorado

Cephalopod Movie Night with Science Friday!

Join the Science Friday crew to celebrate Cephalopod Week with libations and an immersion into the underwater world of these strange tentacled creatures.
Jun 20

San Francisco, California

Cephalopod Movie Night with Science Friday!

Join the Science Friday and KQED crew to celebrate Cephalopod Week with libations and an immersion into the underwater world of these strange tentacled creatures.
Two decade of correspondence between Hunter S. Thompson and his boyhood friend.
Jun 21

New York, New York

The Secrets of Historic Handwriting, with Sotheby's

A one-night-only chance to examine handwritten personal notes by Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Keats, while enjoying one of the most remarkable private spaces in New York City.
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The Dark and Fabulous Dinner Parties of the First Professional Food Critic
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The Dark and Fabulous Dinner Parties of the First Professional Food Critic

Grimod de La Reynière hosted his own funeral.
June 14, 2018
The Many Reasons Biologists Eat Their Study Subjects
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The Many Reasons Biologists Eat Their Study Subjects

Snacking on specimens from raw monkey to bee vomit can help scientists figure stuff out.
June 14, 2018
The Forgotten Black Pioneers Who Settled the Midwest
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The Forgotten Black Pioneers Who Settled the Midwest

Before the Civil War, free black settlements grew in the Northwest Territory.
June 14, 2018
Get Lost in a Cold Warrior's Illustrated Calendar History of the 1980s
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Get Lost in a Cold Warrior's Illustrated Calendar History of the 1980s

Find Reagan side-by-side with pagan holidays.
June 14, 2018
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