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Since its creation more than a century ago, the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting has been in the lamppost business and little else.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Since the early 20th century, these have been labelled “toothpick grooves” and interpreted as signs of tool use or dental hygiene.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

In their 2013 study “Golden Dilemma,” they found that over extremely long periods — a century or more — gold does appear to maintain its purchasing power.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Stokes made his first Test century in two years against India at Old Trafford last summer, only to then miss the final Test because of a shoulder injury.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Ellet was that rare thing in the nineteenth century, not only a female author but one who had written about both women and scandals before.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock