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There Was A Movement To Make Sicily Part Of The US (Cool Weird Awesome 824)
On this day in 1943, an interesting headline in the New York Times: “Sicily Vying With Hawaii To Become 49th U.S. State.” Of course, neither Sicily nor Hawaii became the 49th state; Alaska did. But there really was an effort to bring Sicily into the Union.
This Is The City: Public Affairs DR-12 (Dragnet Season 3, Episode 8)
This episode arguably has the most clinical episode title in TV history, and the show that follows isn’t a whole lot more exciting than the title. And yet I kind of love it.
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Caffeine is my frenemy.
A Statue Of Da Crusher: South Milwaukee, WI
The city of South Milwaukee is now home to a statue of a professional wrestler, which is pretty awesome. And fitting.