Robert Smalls was born into slavery, and through his wit, patience, bravery, and skill, was able to steal a Confederate war ship and sail himself, his wife, and several other families past Fort Sumter and to freedom during the Civil War. But that wasn't the end - Smalls went on to become one of the most important figures of the fight against the South, gained the ear of Lincoln, and secured voting rights for African-Americans after the war.
We also read a story about anuses.
#42 – Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Science”
#41 – Recycled Humor
#40 – Volcanoes Are So Hot Right Now
#39 – Welcome to Flavor Country
#38 – Come For The Power Grid, Stay For The Cuddles
#37 – GPS Is Where Its At
#36 – A Matter of Time
#35 – Optical Storage Is The Pits
#34 – A Back-and-Forth About Oscillation
#33 – How Glass Built Humanity
#32 – Tardigrades – or, “Little Manatees Wearing Terrifying Gas Masks”
# 31 – How (and Why) Mob Mentality Works
#30 – Down With Gravity
#29 – “I don’t even see color.”
#28 – What the Phở is “The Vault”?
#27 – Bernoulli Puts On The Pressure
#26 – Where Snap Decisions Come From
#25 – The Large Hadron Collider Gets Particle Fever
# 24 – The Science of Self-Delusion
#22 – Fireside Chat Stew (with rockets!)
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