The Friday, July 24, 2026 Edition
Trump Tariffs Hit 60 Countries, Brent Tops $100, and the Birthplace of Kool-Aid
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7,000 years
How long ago Stone Age hunter-gatherers deliberately carried trout to a high-altitude Norwegian mountain lake, according to new analysis of ancient fish bones. It's the earliest known example of humans translocating fish — pushing the practice back millennia before any previously documented case.
Source: Smithsonian
Saturday, July 25: The WNBA All-Star Game tips off Saturday, July 25, capping a weekend of festivities that began with Thursday's Orange Carpet event.
Coming days: Wildlife agencies are expected to share further updates on Jackie, the beloved livestream bald eagle whose mysterious illness remains undiagnosed.
Ongoing: Crews in Turkmenistan continue work to extinguish the Darvaza 'Gates of Hell' gas crater, which has burned continuously since 1971.
- 1847Brigham Young and Mormon pioneers arrive in Utah's Salt Lake Valley
- 1911Explorer Hiram Bingham reaches the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru
- 1969Apollo 11 splashes down in the Pacific, completing the first moon landing mission
- 1974The Supreme Court unanimously orders President Nixon to surrender the Watergate tapes
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