Wanderlust
When Spain commissioned Ferdinand Magellan to find a westward route to the Spice Islands in 1519, the explorer commanded five ships and 240 men. Six years later, nearly every member of the expedition, including its commander, was dead. When the American writer Jack Kerouac tried in 1951 to find the words to convey his wayward journey through the United States and Mexico, he commanded a typewriter and a massive stash of Benzedrine. After a few weeks, the first draft of On the Road was completed. These are just two of the journeys that have left indelible marks on our collective maps, and are endless sources of fascination. Here is compilation of some of the most famous jaunts of all time-both factual and fictional-that show us how far we've come, and where we might go next.
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After 7 years, California drought is officially over. “Conservation must remain a way of life."
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Trump's tweets from this morning reveal he doesn't understand how phone calls work. Or the Constitution. He that is without sin among you, let him make the first call.
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The Mormon Church still doesn’t accept same-sex couples – even if it no longer bars their children. How can it support the children of same-sex families when its teachings claim that they are “counterfeit and alternative lifestyles” and not part of the family organization willed by God?
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13 mothers share the one thing they’d wish someone had told them before they had a baby. There are many, many things no one tells you about carrying, birthing, and raising children.
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This nurse shut down anti-vaxxers using their own logic. Do you really think “Big Pharma” is out to get you?
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Puerto Rico bans gay conversion therapy. This will literally save lives.
