How different was the world? More than you think.

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How different was the world? More than you think.

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They Smoked Between Innings and Called It Training: The Lost World of the Early Baseball Player
Sport

They Smoked Between Innings and Called It Training: The Lost World of the Early Baseball Player

A century ago, professional baseball players drank during road trips, smoked in the dugout, and trained by doing almost nothing at all. The modern MLB athlete lives in a different universe — and the story of how we got from one to the other says something profound about how far our understanding of the human body has come.

The Open Road Was a Myth: What a Cross-Country Drive Actually Looked Like Before the Interstate
Travel

The Open Road Was a Myth: What a Cross-Country Drive Actually Looked Like Before the Interstate

Before Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System, driving across America wasn't a vacation — it was an expedition. Dirt tracks, hand-sketched maps, and a tire blowout every few hundred miles made the 'open road' anything but open. Here's what the journey actually looked like.