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Twenty Toes, One Dream, and a Doctor Who Got It Wrong
Sport

Twenty Toes, One Dream, and a Doctor Who Got It Wrong

Wilma Rudolph was the twentieth of twenty-two children, born premature in rural Tennessee, and told by doctors that she would never walk normally. Twelve years later, she was the fastest woman on Earth. This is the story of what happened in between.

The Man Who Built America's Most Beautiful Buildings Without a Degree to His Name
Culture

The Man Who Built America's Most Beautiful Buildings Without a Degree to His Name

Frank Lloyd Wright lasted one semester in college, fled his debts more than once, and watched scandal burn his reputation to the ground — repeatedly. He also designed some of the most celebrated buildings in human history. Maybe those two facts aren't unrelated.