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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"miranda\"<\/a>The Story Behind the Miranda Warning<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1966, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Miranda v. Arizona, made it clear that the Constitution requires the police to warn criminal suspects in custody that they have the right to remain silent, that anything they say may be used against them, and that they have the right to an attorney \u2013 even if they can\u2019t afford it. This warning, routinely given by local, state and federal law enforcement, as well as those who portray them in shows and movies, is today known simply as Miranda. But who was Miranda and what did he do? Born March 9, 1941 in Columbus, Arizona (or sometime in 1940 in Mesa, Arizona), it appears Ernesto Miranda had a very troubled childhood. Although few official records exist to support a biography on Miranda… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"ghandi-letter\"<\/a>Gandhi\u2019s Letters to Hitler<\/a><\/p>\n

By the late 1930s, Gandhi\u2019s method of peaceful non-cooperation had already won significant concessions from the British Raj, including the founding of a national administration and local and national legislative assemblies, albeit still under British oversight. Gandhi, himself, was internationally famous for his various acts of non-violent, civil disobedience, including his 241-mile Salt March, which, while protesting Britain\u2019s monopoly on salt and its high tariff, also galvanized the Indian people against British rule altogether. With his reputation for effective, nonviolent change well established, many implored Gandhi to write to Adolph Hitler, whose increasingly aggressive regime in Germany had them worried that a second world war was imminent. For example, by February 1935, Hitler had ordered the establishment of a German… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"goodnight-moon\"<\/a>Moonstruck<\/a><\/p>\n

Our favorite childhood classics make us feel as snug as a bunny in bed. Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s down the rabbit hole. \u201cGoodnight light and the red balloon\u2026\u201d Margaret Wise Brown wrote more than 100 books for children<\/a>, but her most famous is Goodnight Moon<\/em><\/a>, published in 1947. It was a revolutionary book in its time, inspired in part by the poetry of Gertrude Stein. More than four generations of children have nodded off to this classic\u2019s hynpnotic spell, and 11 million copies have been sold since its first printing. But in the beginning, the book\u2019s prospects looked dim. In its first year, Moon<\/em> sold a modest 6,000… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"houdini\"<\/a>Harry Houdini on Trial<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1901, the Cologne, Germany newspaper, Rheinishe Zeitung (RZ),<\/em> published a story titled (translated) \u201cThe Unmasking of Houdini,\u201d in which a chief of police, Schutzmann Werner Graff, accused Houdini of attempting to bribe him into rigging an escape from the city\u2019s jail, and of paying another man, Herr Lott, to help him with a phony performance. Incensed (and facing an existential threat), Houdini hired \u201cthe best lawyer of Cologne, Herr Rechtsantwalt Dr. Schreiber<\/a>\u201d to prosecute a series of slander trials. Held in Cologne, at the first trial, on February 26, 1902, Graff testified that Houdini had offered him 20 marks in exchange for Graff giving him both his \u201chandcrafted lock\u201d and a duplicate key. Graff also testified that Houdini had another man (named Lott) secretly provide him with a duplicate chain to display, after he would appear to have freed himself from the first chain, although… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"nerves-arm\"<\/a>What Causes Arms, Legs, and Feet to \u201cFall Asleep\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Technically known as \u201cparesthesia\u201d, this syndrome is caused by the compression of specific nerves. When you sit cross-legged, sleep with your arm above your head, or position any limb in such a way to put excess pressure on a nerve, that nerve will stop sending impulses normally. Should the pressure be great, or the duration be long, the nerve will eventually stop sending impulses altogether.\u00a0 Any area the nerve services will essentially then \u201cfall asleep\u201d.\u00a0 Think of a person standing on a garden hose. It\u2019s hard for the water to get to the nozzle when the person\u2019s feet get in the way. If the person\u2019s heavy enough, or she stands on the hose for too long and the hose fully compresses, water will eventually stop flowing entirely. Once this pressure is relieved, your nerve will start to function normally again (hopefully) and you can now move your hand\/legs\/arms\/feet. Nerves… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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