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It is thought that at least a quarter of a million wolves once roamed from coast to coast before European settlers embarked on campaigns of eradication that endured into the 20th century.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Or so argued Belisário Penna, the head of Propaganda and Sanitary Education in Brazil, in the early 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to identify dark matter, the invisible material thought to account for about 85% of all matter in the universe.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

But reading “Morning in Marin,” David Perlis’ history of the place and its outsize cultural influence for much of the 20th century, you get the sense it served as America’s leading countercultural way station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Lectures on new ideas in science, literature, or religion were a popular form of entertainment in the nineteenth century.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

It is a centuries old legend of stealing from the rich to give to the poor, freshly adapted for the big screen, filmed entirely in Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

A body of water that had managed for centuries without an identity crisis had become an A/B test: which lake you saw depended on where you stood and which corporation’s map you opened.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

After almost two centuries of declining poverty, the number of poor people in the world hasn’t budged since 2016.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

For centuries, it was a vast swamp where mosquitoes spread malaria among shepherds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

For centuries, the police hadn’t been in this business.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day