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2/3/20 - Venus & Mercury

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Backyard Astronomer
Backyard Astronomer

The planet Venus is drawing spectacular attention in the west as it outshines all the other star-like objects in the west after sunset.

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Horatio Nelson Jackson

In 1903, on a $50 bet, Horatio Nelson Jackson set out on the first journey by car from San Francisco to New York.

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Stress

Everybody has stress in their lives, but it's not always a bad thing.

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7/7/25 - The Man in the Moon

Why do people see faces in the Moon? And what actually causes these lunar features?

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Samuel Pepys

The most famous English diarist, Samuel Pepys, lived in the 1600s and the phrase "may you live in interesting times" certainly applies.

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