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12h ago
Hello Reddit,
I’m A.J. Jacobs. I’m an author. I wrote a book several years ago called “The Year of Living Biblically” about following the rules of the Bible as literally as possible.
My new book is a semi-sequel to that, and is called “The Year of Living Constitutionally.” I try to understand our Founding Document by following its original 1789 meaning.
I bore my musket on the Upper West Side of New York.
I gave up social media in favor of writing pamphlets with a quill pen.
I agreed to quarter some soldiers in my apartment.
The book is (I hope) entertaining, but it also has a serious purpose ..read more
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1d ago
This is a list of every historical detail portrayed incorrectly by the movie Tombstone in their portrayal of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. This is being done to educate people on what the actual showdown may have looked like. The list will not include film-wide historical errors, nor inconsistencies in the plot. They are only what is in the film's gunfight scene. They are separated by two categories. The first are the objective inaccuracies: what cannot be argued, due to reliable testimony or the coroner's report. The second are the less reliable inaccuracies: we don't know exactly what ha ..read more