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5/25/20 - Mercury at Its Prime

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Backyard Astronomer
Backyard Astronomer

Only three or four times a year, you have a chance to find Mercury close to the western horizon at dusk or near the eastern horizon at dawn.

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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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