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Your Weekly Mix Find out why there are palm trees in Los Angeles, and more this weekend. atlasobscura.com Why Are There Palm Trees in Los Angeles? Turns out it's an image thing. Mixed by 3 people smithsonianmag.com Whiskey Salvaged From 79-Year-Old Scottish Shipwreck Is Up for Sale A commercial diver recovered the intact bottle of spirits—which is no longer safe for consumption—in 1987. Mixed by 17 people neh.gov A Lot of What Is Known About Pirates Is Not True, and a Lot of What Is True Is Not Known In 1701, in Middletown, New Jersey, Moses Butterworth languished in a jail, accused of piracy. Like many young men based in England or her colonies, he had joined a crew that sailed the Indian Ocean intent on plundering ships of the Muslim Mughal Empire. Mixed by 68 people melmagazine.com The Guys Hitting the Road in 'Dumb and Dumber' Sheepdog Vans Aside from the need to return a briefcase to a woman in Aspen, why would anyone want to drive a giant sheepdog around? Mixed by 7 people atlasobscura.com How a Cartographer Drew a Massive, Freehand Map of North America Just ink and colored pencil, it took Anton Thomas almost five years. Mixed by 10 people

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