Morning Cup of Links: Marine One, the President’s Helicopter

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There is no other helicopter in the world like Marine One, the president’s No. 1 getaway vehicle. It’s as first-class as a helicopter can get.
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Human-robot marriage could be legal by 2050, experts say. But probably not that soon in America.
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The A.V. Club’s Best of TV 2016, part one and part two. We had so much TV they couldn’t fit it into one post.  
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Liquor Laws Around the World. Every nation limits drinking in their own way.
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The Worst Junk Science of 2016. Some is just bunk, other things got changed to make spectacular headlines.
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Meet Margaret Douglas, the Tudor that time forgot. She was never a monarch, but is the ancestor of many.    
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When Spinsters Couldn’t Get Credit. Even working divorcees and widows lost out because a credit history belonged to their husbands until the 1974.
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Clico: The Story of Franz Taaibosch. He was short, talented, and African, so he became of part of the freak show.


December 27, 2016 – 5:00am

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