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> independently discover a Zeno's paradox at age 3 > MIT at 17, grad level math in 1st year > graduate in 3 years > drive motor scooters from Boston to Bogotá with the boys > start a company in Colombia > start code breaking with the IDA for money > solve minimal varieties in riemannian manifolds > speak out against Vietnam War, get fired from IDA ... See more

My favorite Wikipedia entry begins: “Ronald James Read was an American philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant.” Ronald Read was born in rural Vermont. He was the first person in his family to graduate high school, made all the more impressive by the fact that he hitchhiked to campus each day. For those who knew Ronald Read, th

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Mr. Baffert’s horses have won the Derby six times, and he has been named champion trainer four times. He is third on the career earnings list with more than $355 million in purses. Mr. Baffert also has a lengthy record of rule violations. According to regulators’ records, horses trained by him have failed 30 drug tests over four decades — most nota... See more

Last year, beneath Churchill Downs’s iconic twin spires, seven horses died during the week of the showpiece event — two of them in races in the hours leading up to the Derby. In the days after, five more sustained fatal injuries, prompting Churchill officials to move their races to another Kentucky racetrack.

It got worse. A colt trained by the spor... See more

Fox’s black & white vintage TV half-inning draws rave reviews

Judd: It was Owen Wilson’s dad! Did you know that? It was Owen Wilson’s father who brought the show to the U.S. Eric: I think because it was so cheap. It was extremely cheap and they happened to like it, so we were on PBS for twenty years. It was the most extraordinary, fortuitous thing, because everybody got to see it. It was available in every ci

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