Matt ReimannI’m a Big Dumb Idiot Who Really Liked the Freddie Mercury MovieI would not persuade anyone that Bohemian Rhapsody is a successful, enduring movie. To do so would be Sisyphean, and perhaps an affront to…Nov 15, 20187Nov 15, 20187
Matt ReimanninTimelineWhen the cops shot this man in a weapons raid, the entire conversation on guns in America changedAfter Kenyon Ballew was paralyzed, the NRA shifted the gun-control debateOct 23, 20175Oct 23, 20175
Matt ReimanninTimelineThis ghost tree has been floating vertically in Crater Lake for more than 100 yearsOn its most active day, the Old Man of the Lake traveled four milesOct 20, 20172Oct 20, 20172
Matt ReimanninTimelineThis massive Yellowstone earthquake destroyed a mountain and created a lake 190 feet deepDozens were killed, and a dam nearly gave waySep 20, 20176Sep 20, 20176
Matt ReimanninTimelineWhen Sweden planned the world’s biggest traffic jam, accidents actually decreasedSwitching from left- to right-hand-side driving was a national ordealSep 14, 20171Sep 14, 20171
Matt ReimanninTimelineThis brash stunt involving Virginia Woolf, blackface, and a battleship is totally outrageousSneaking onto Britain’s most prized ship was never so easySep 8, 2017Sep 8, 2017
Matt ReimanninTimelineWhen gasoline was scarce in 1979, American truckers rioted in PennsylvaniaPolitical unrest in the Middle East turned into political unrest in the NortheastAug 30, 20172Aug 30, 20172
Matt ReimanninTimelineThis 19th century woman wrote one of the most beautiful and important books on eclipsesMabel Loomis Todd had a talent for both science and writingAug 19, 2017Aug 19, 2017
Matt ReimannEnding Our Addiction to MilitarismThere shall be no federal progress if we continue to ignore the warning President Eisenhower presented to us more than 60 years ago. In his…Aug 17, 20176Aug 17, 20176
Matt ReimanninTimelineThis (un)lucky man was in the nuclear blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and survived bothTwice, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in the wrong place at the wrong timeAug 17, 2017Aug 17, 2017