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Before The Columbine Massacre Or Parkland Shooting, There Was Brenda Ann Spencer.

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Before The Columbine Massacre Or Parkland Shooting, There Was Brenda Ann Spencer. In 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer shot up an elementary school in San Diego — then said she did it because she didn't like Mondays. https://allthatsinteresting.com/brenda-ann-spencer 40 years ago, Brenda Spencer took lives, changed lives in a mass shooting at a San Diego elementary school. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-brenda-spencer-school-shooting-20190129-story.html I Don't Like Mondays Crime · Documentary: This true crime documentary explores then-16-year-old Brenda Spencer's school shooting in San Diego, California in 1979. https://tubitv.com/movies/681653/i-don-t-like-mondays MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2023 1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 inquiry@gva.us.com @gundeaths Home Charts and Maps Last 72 Hours Reports Explainer Methodology About Us Past Years Congressional-Reports Log In https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass

Catholic astronomers: Newly discovered planet a testament to Earth’s ‘startling uniqueness’

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WHY DO FLAT EARTHERS ALWAYS LEAVE THE VATICAN OUT OF THEIR CONSPIRACY THEORY? A potentially habitable “Earth-sized” planet has been discovered, NASA announced last week. Catholic scientists from the Vatican Observatory and Benedictine College hailed the discovery of the planet, named TOI 700 e, as “exciting” and a testament “to the marvels of God’s creation.” The scientists noted, however, that the newly discovered planet is not another Earth, which remains the only planet where life is known to exist. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253397/catholic-astronomers-newly-discovered-planet-a-testament-to-earth-s-startling-uniqueness The Pope's Astronomer: Meet Br. Guy Consolmagno Br. Guy Consolmagno has an incredible job. He is the Pope's astronomer at the Vatican Observatory. Most people do not even know that the Vatican has an official astronomical observatory with telescopes in Italy and the USA. The Vatican and astronomy have a long history dating all the wa

How Ridiculous Ideas Gain Traction. We're Looking at You, Flat Earth

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The spherical shape of Earth is what we like to call around here “settled science.” But nowadays, pit even a 2,500-year-old truism against the evangelism of Internet algorithms, and you got yourself an actual “debate,” no matter how inane. We’re speaking of what appears to be the disturbing trend of people thinking the surface of the world is flat. No, really -- this is a thing. For example, last month the third annual Flat Earth International Conference convened in Dallas; the rapper B.o.B once started a GoFundMe campaign as part of a quest to gather ungatherable evidence for the idea; and basketball star Kyrie Irving has found himself having to apologize for publicizing the view on Twitter. A 2018 YouGov survey found that 16% of 8,215 American adults queried had various levels of doubt about the true shape of the Earth. At this point, it’s probably fair to ask: When is American society going to hit epistemological bottom? Perhaps the first step in answering that question is und