All posts tagged "Beats"
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20.2K1MassachusettsWhen Fears of Premature Burial Stalked the Land
George Washington famously feared premature burial. While on his deathbed in 1799, he instructed his personal secretary Tobias Lear to make sure...
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18.4K9Arts and LeisureSalty Brine for 51 Years Announces News, Weather and No School Fosta Glosta
Back in the day, broadcasting legend Salty Brine was as much a part of Rhode Island life as Del’s Lemonade, coffee milk...
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20.2K15ConnecticutThe 1918 Flu Epidemic Kills Thousands in New England
As World War I raged in Europe, New Englanders died at home from a foe more deadly than bullets: the 1918 flu...
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16.5K13Arts and Leisure10 Unusual Facts About James Lord Pierpont, The Man Behind Jingle Bells
You’ve heard James Lord Pierpont. Everyone has. And in three weeks’ time, you’ll hope you never have to hear his music again....
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21.9K19Arts and LeisureArlo Guthrie Gets Arrested for Littering
A Thanksgiving dinner clean-up in 1965 launched Arlo Guthrie on a folksinging career, created an anti-war anthem and transformed an old church...
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7.0K7Arts and LeisureJack Kerouac, Football Star
Jack Kerouac owes a good chunk of his literary fame to a spectacular diving touchdown he made for the Lowell High School...
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5.9K7MassachusettsSurprising List of 10 New Englanders Turned On By Timothy Leary
When Timothy Leary famously turned on, tuned in, and dropped out, he took a lot of people with him. Leary, the LSD guru...
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