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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

\"COPS\"A COPS Story<\/a><\/p>\n

COPS has been a Saturday night TV staple for so long\u201429 seasons\u2014that it\u2019s easy to forget what a groundbreaking show it was when it debuted in 1989. <\/em>FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE\u00a0<\/strong>In the early 1980s, an aspiring filmmaker named John Langley began work on Cocaine Blues<\/em>, a documentary about the crack cocaine epidemic sweeping the country. As part of the project, he filmed law-enforcement operations, including drug busts and police raids.\u00a0At first Langley obtained the footage as an objective bystander, but that ended when an officer…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"prohibition\"Where the Term “Bootlegging” Came From<\/a><\/p>\n

Although Prohibition officially began on January 16, 1920, the impetus for banning the production, sale, importation and transportation (though not the consumption) of alcohol had been brewing for decades before. Part of a string of reforms introduced by Progressives, Protestants and other activists to cure all of society\u2019s ills, limiting the consumption of alcohol was thought by many to be the cure for domestic violence, poor health, loose morals and, of course, public drunkenness.\u00a0The advocates of Prohibition even managed to convince many heavy drinkers; after all, sacrificing alcoholic drinks was a little thing compared to creating a better society.\u00a0 Will Rogers often joked about this…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Annie_Oakley\"That Time Annie Oakley Offered to Put Together a Team of Female Snipers for the U.S. Military<\/a><\/p>\n

Phoebe Ann Moses, better known as \u201cAnnie Oakley,\u201d made a name for herself as one of the best sharpshooters in the world throughout her lifetime. In the process, she overcame a childhood filled with abuse and adversity to become not only an enormously successful entertainer, but a role model for women and young girls.\u00a0Born in 1860, Annie\u2019s father, Jacob, died of pneumonia when she was six years old. Her mother, Susan, briefly remarried, but her second husband likewise died shortly thereafter. Struggling to provide for her seven surviving children (she had nine total up to this point), Susan sent two of her children, the 8-10 year old Annie…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"laserdisc\"How LaserDisc Ultimately Won the Format Wars<\/a><\/p>\n

On January 14, 2009, LaserDisc officially died. Of course, the shiny, 12-inch optical disc that once competed with VHS and Betamax in the home video market spun into oblivion long before. However, it was that Wednesday in January seven years ago that Pioneer \u2013 the last remaining company to make the devices \u2013 declared they were ceasing production after making a final run of 3,000 LaserDisc players, bringing the total made to just under 17 million units. \u201cUnder the market environment in which new media such as DVD and Blu-ray Discs now dominate, it has become difficult for Pioneer to procure the parts required to produce LD players,\u201d read Pioneer\u2019s press release. \u201cConsequently Pioneer has been forced to terminate production of its LD products.\u201d\u00a0For the three decades LaserDisc was on the market, it earned a reputation for providing a much higher picture quality, better audio, and laughably superior navigation…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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