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JUNE 6 In History 1242: Two dozen wagonloads of Talmudic volumes and 200 other rabbinic manuscripts were burned at Paris. 1247: Pope Innocent IV contacts the king of Navarre. In a dispatch he requested the king compel Christian debtors to pay off their...

‘The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance’ by David Epstein (Current Hardcover; August 1, 2013) Table of Contents: i. Introduction/Synopsis PART I: PHYSIOLOGY: BONES, MUSCLES AND CARDIO Section A. Height...

The U.K. Telegraph has called the Gumball 3000 “The ultimate 3,000-mile road trip” and published a remarkable photographic series on the event. GQ, Esquire, MTV, the BBC and similar publications have all caught the fancy of the public through their coverage...

From Ian: Brendan O’Neill: After Paris Less than 24 hours after the barbarism in Paris, the bodies of more than 120 concertgoers, Friday-night revellers and children barely cold, and the apologism has already begun. They couldn’t even wait a whole...

The 65 Best Health and Fitness Apps of 2014 03/28/2014 - 4:15am by The Greatist Team Your health is in your hands. Seriously, it’s right there—or it can be, in the form of flashy little apps downloaded to your smartphone. But with so many...