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Sep 5-11, 2025 / Vol. 45 / No. 1

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

In 1958, Congress created Captioned Films for the Deaf. The first captioned TV broadcast was a rerun episode of The French Chef in 1972. Composer John Williams recently confessed that he never really cared much for film music. Who came up with the afternoon tea tradition? Despite popular myth, it wasn’t Anna Maria Russell, Duchess…

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Ripping on the “Rainey Street Ripper”: There is no evidence that a serial killer is behind more than 180 deaths occurring in and around Lady Bird Lake between 2004 and 2025, according to a study by Texas State University researchers and the Austin Police Department. The cases were determined to be accidental drownings and are…


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