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Jacob SternThe Atlantic |
For half a century, viewers scorned the laugh track while adoring shows that used it. Now it has all but disappeared. When American viewers flipped...
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If vaccines are so dangerous, how do you explain this guy? On June 3, 2021, a roughly 60-year-old man in the riverside city of Magdeburg, Germany,...
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An anti-government extremist seemed on the verge of another standoff with the law. Then he vanished. Two weeks before chaos hit St. Luke’s hospital...
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