Today in 2003, the filing of a lawsuit that led to a fascinating and significant phenomenon here in the Information Age: it’s known as the Streisand Effect. Plus: for World Bee Day, the story of a 2014 art project created in part by bees!

Streisand files $50 million lawsuit over aerial photos (SFGate)

Artist Aganetha Dyck Collaborates with Bees to Create Sculptures Wrapped in Honeycomb (Colossal)

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Today in 1953, Ohio became a state... which was weird because Ohio had already been a state for a century and a half. Technicalities can be that way. Plus: for National Pizza Party Day, the story of a guy in Nashville who used social media to connect people in need with donors willing to send a little pizza their way.

Ohio: The 48th State? (Ohio History Connection)

Nashville man helps hundreds of people in need get a free pizza every week (NewsChannel 5 Nashville)

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This month in 1927, Americans were fawning over an animal at the National Zoo in Washington: a presidential hippo named Billy. Plus: starting today in Elizabeth City, it’s the North Carolina Potato Festival.

The Presidential Hippopotamus at the National Zoo (WETA)

North Carolina Potato Festival

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