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LINCOLN’S MURDER
WAS ONLY THE FIRST

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we learn about an even darker story behind Lincoln’s assassination, examine history’s theories on which animals were on Noah’s ark, and ask what the cherry blossoms’ early bloom means.

The assassination of President Lincoln

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Last-minute invitations brought the young couple to the presidential box for a nighttime play. They were the last people with Abraham Lincoln before he was assassinated.

For Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris (depicted above, at left), that April night at Ford’s Theatre was just the beginning of a tragedy that would unspool for the rest of their lives.

THE OTHER HORROR

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

An aerial view show large broken pieces of a bridges structure poking out of the water with a contianer ship of colorful cargo.

PHOTOGRAPH BY TASOS KATOPODIS/GETTY IMAGES

Will the Baltimore bridge collapse (pictured above) force U.S. to pay more attention to its infrastructure? (Free article)

Which animals were on Noah’s ark? These are history’s theories.

Wait, don’t toss out the healthiest part of your fruit!

Do you smoke weed recreationally? Here’s what scientists want you to know.

Are synthetic diamonds really better for the planet?

Pills and creams that claim to help women through perimenopause: we asked experts

Is this really the tomb of Jesus?

Humans really can have superpowers—scientists are studying them (Free article)

Play ball! How the first pitch became a U.S. Opening Day tradition (Free article)

The island of Santorini is hiding an explosive secret

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

Cherry blossoms in bloom in Kyoto

PHOTOGRAPH BY RINKO KAWAUCHI

The astonishingly early timing of this year’s cherry blossom bloom (pictured above) is a warning sign. The phenomenon has not only been observed in Washington D.C.’s cherry blossoms, but in blooms in Japan as well. With one of the longest annual phenological record of the sakura, the city of Kyoto is spearheading unprecedented research that suggests the early appearances of cherry blossom flowers can be attributed to the significant warming of Earth’s climate.

Today’s soundtrack: Cherry, Harry Styles

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