In this weekβs edition of Weekend Reads, youβll learn about The Batman Effect, the man who has spent 27 years walking around the world, British Toops on LSD & more.
The Secret Life and Art of Henry Darger.The story of a prolific artist who worked in secrecy in a one-bedroom apartment and whose work was only discovered after his death in 1973.
British Troops on LSD. An oldy but a goodie. The effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide on soldiers.
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8 Things That Happened On This Day - Nov 28
1520 β Ferdinand Magellan sailed through the straits now named after him and became the 1st European to enter the Pacific Ocean. He named it βPacificβ because it appeared so peaceful compared to the turbulent Atlantic. π
1582 β An 18-year-old William Shakespeare posted a bond for a marriage license to wed Anne Hathaway. It was the beginning of a union that would, in turn, give the world Romeo and Juliet. π
1814 β The Times of London became the first newspaper in history to be printed by automatic, steam-powered presses. It allowed them to print 1,100 copies per hour, revolutionising the speed of news. π°
1895 β The first automobile race in America took place in Chicago. Frank Duryea won the snowy 54-mile course with an average speed of just over 7 mph. ποΈ
1919 β Lady Nancy Astor was elected as the first female Member of Parliament to actually take her seat in the British House of Commons, breaking a centuries-old gender barrier. π³οΈ
1964 β NASA launched the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars. It eventually performed the first successful flyby of the Red Planet and sent back the first deep-space images of another world. π
1990 β Margaret Thatcher formally tendered her resignation to Queen Elizabeth II, ending her historic and controversial 11-year tenure as the "Iron Lady" of British politics. π¬π§
2012 β The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey premiered in Wellington, New Zealand. Roughly 100,000 people lined the red carpet to see the stars, about 25% of the cityβs entire population. π§ββοΈ