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05 Feb

Posted at 16:38h in Newsletter

I WAS ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE HER NAME CAME FROM, AND HOW DNA TELLS THE STORY Caryn Elaine Johnson was born in Manhattan, New York City, on November 13, 1955, the daughter of Robert James Johnson Jr. , a Baptist clergyman, and Emma Harris, a nurse, and teacher. She was raised in the public housing project, Chelsea-Elliot Houses, in NYC. She has stated that her stage forename ("Whoopi") was taken from a whoopee cushion: "When you're performing on stage, you never really have time to go into the bathroom and close the door. So if you get a little gassy, you've got...

22 Jan

Posted at 14:07h in Newsletter

THE CON ARTIST WHO SOLD RICH INVESTORS A COUNTRY Nearly 200 years ago, Gregor MacGregor pulled off one of the most brazen real estate scams in history. https://thehustle.co/the-con-artist-who-sold-rich-investors-a-fake-country/?utmsource=join1440&utmmedium=email BRITISH FLORIDA The 1763 Treaty of Paris, signed after Great Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War, ceded Florida to Great Britain in exchange for the return of Havana and Manila. Although most Spanish colonists in the region left Florida for Cuba, Florida became Great Britain's fourteenth and fifteenth North American colonies (West and East Florida). Because of the political sympathies of its British inhabitants, St. Augustine became a Loyalist haven during...

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