Did you know about the Soviet Union’s moon program? I sure didn’t (until recently)– it doesn’t seem to come up that much in the US. Strange! Except not really. Selective history doesn’t just happen to other people.

A more shades of gray (actually purple) map of how the nation voted, and a county-by-county version. too. Informative!

I was always sorry that I missed this exhibit at the Burke Museum, but here it is: the artifacts of daily life during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Stage one: eat a lot
Stage two: look at job listings in New Zealand