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The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 — the day the clowns picked the wrong Toronto brothel

If that isn’t the headline of the decade, then perhaps the first sentence deserves some kind of award (if not the story itself): “These weren’t the kind of clowns you want to mess with.”

John Graves Simcoe’s Weird Relationship with Slavery

Toronto’s founder was an abolitionist who was assigned to suppress a slave rebellion in Haiti.

The Tangled History of the Joubert Singers’ “Stand On The Word”

This echoes the previous article. It’s an interesting mess, and these sorts of issues remind me of similar problems with folk music: there are a million versions, no one knows which one came first, and perhaps, from some angles… it doesn’t matter? It is frustrating when someone other than the creator is making money, though.

The Original Renegade

A 14-year-old in Atlanta created one of the biggest dances on the internet. But nobody really knows that.

Documents Reveal US Army Propaganda Campaign For ‘Independence Day’ Sequel

The high-tech secret behind the stunning cinematography of ‘Uncut Gems’

An Unsettling New Theory: There Is No Swing Voter

It’s not really that unsettling, it’s the argument that turnout is paramount, and it’s very positive for the dems.