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HOW THEY MANAGED TO SURVIVE

Friday, January 12, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we discover an extraordinary survival story (and cannibalism), examine the clutter-mental health connection, look into what causes morning sickness ... and slip into underwear's strange, elastic history.

Survivors of the Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes in the fuselage of the wrecked aircraft on shortly after rescuers reached them.

PHOTOGRAPH BY CSU ARCHIVES, EVERETT COLLECTION/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES

Endurance tales get the heart pumping. And few sagas have fascinated more than the 1972 crash of a rugby team’s plane over the snowbound Andes, and the months-long struggle of the haggard—and hungry—men to stay alive (above).

The new Netflix film Society in the Snow gets at the heart of this true tale. How far would you go to survive?

HERE’S THE STORY

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STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

Photographed in the year of his death, Grigory Rasputin was famous for the intensity behind his piercing blue eyes, revealed in this colorized image.

MARY EVANS/FOTOSTOCK

Poisoned? Shot? Drowned? How did Rasputin really die? (Above, a colorized portrait of the mesmerizing Russian monk, taken in the year of his death.)

We finally know the cause of severe morning sickness. A remedy could be next.

MLK and Malcolm X only met once. Here’s the story behind an iconic image.

Murder, mutiny, slavery: 'World’s worst shipwreck' was bloodier than we thought

What is causing these massive, mysterious explosions in space?

Can your last name influence your career?

Did Vikings establish a foothold in North America?

Do you trust a doctor’s intuition over AI?

Sea otters are rebounding from near extinction. Not everyone is happy.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Messy office with stacks of paperwork, plants, and file drawers.

PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURIE RUBIN, GETTY IMAGES

Will clutter drive you crazy? A messy home or office (above) can reduce focus and seriously affect well-being and mental health, science says. Think: memory impediment and decreased impulse control. What can you do?

FINDING PEACE OF MIND

LAST GLIMPSE

Left: A painting of King Henry VIII of England

Right: A pair of long, cream-colored pants that cinched at the waist

LEFT: PHOTOGRAPH BY FINE ART IMAGES, HERITAGE IMAGES, GETTY; RIGHT: PHOTOGRAPH BY HERITAGE ART, HERITAGE IMAGES VIA GETTY IMAGES

Boxers or briefs? Underwear has a strange, elastic history going back centuries before Calvin Klein and the brand's latest underwear model, Jeremy Allen White. King Henry VIII (above left) is well-known to have worn codpieces. (At right, a pair of 19th century American drawers—long, cream-colored and cinched at the waist.)

Today’s soundtrack: Timothy, The Buoys

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