- My favorite “Schurik” story (deniseelaineheap.substack.com)
Out on summer break, Alexander Schmorell and two friends decided to bike from Munich to Donauwörth, intending to catch a boat and float down the Danube to Austria. On paper, the 100-kilometer (60 mile) bike ride looked easy. The terrain was relatively flat, a biker’s paradise.
- Franklin Pierce (allthetropes.org)
Yet another (and arguably the most) largely forgettable 19th-century president. Known as “Handsome Frank.” The lesser-known of the two historical namesakes of Benjamin Franklin Pierce.