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July 20, 2021 As kids, my brother and I had a penchant for wrapping our plastic weapons together with duct tape and tip toeing through our home in search of extra-terrestrial life. “Check those corners,” I would say while clasping my Nerf gun turned pulse rifle, which was attached to a yellow and green Super Soaker turned grenade launcher. At some point, one of us would yell, “Contact!” before leaping about the floor and blasting imaginary Xenomorphs to smithereens. Inevitably, one of us would always get sprayed by acid and (oddly enough) morph into the Alien King. Yeah, it didn’t ...

Terminator films, it is certainly true. In 1984, the world was introduced to The Terminator. A movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a robot from the future sent back in time to kill the mother of the future leader of the resistance in a war against the machines. The Terminator was great. It had a lot going for it and it was ahead of its time. The film's squeal, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, was released seven years later and blew the original out of the water. Movie sequels typically aren't better than the original, but it's hard to argue that Terminator 2 isn't the best movie in that f...

Getty In 1789, America was faced with a debt of $79 million, equivalent to about $2.4 billion today. The cause? The Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804) suggested that the federal government assume the debt and pay it off through various taxes, like the Excise Whiskey Tax, which passed in 1791. The legislation taxed domestic and imported alcohol, and it was immediately unpopular in areas like western Pennsylvania. Due to its structure, small producers like grain farmers often had to pay as much as 9 cents ($2.73 today) per gallon, while larger, ...

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The Real Reason These 2010s Sitcoms Were Canceled The Real Reason These 2010s Sitcoms Were Canceled By David L. Lebovitz/April 15, 2021 4:00 pm EDT You never forget the television shows you love, but the ones that get mysteriously canceled hold a special place in the heart. What cut these programs down in their prime? Why did things end so abruptly? Was there behind-the-scenes tension? Did scheduling trip things up? Was there simply not enough money to go around? Lacking these answers can haunt a fan for decades. In the past, sitcoms that met untimely ends often remained inscrutable myster...