Musicians Who Set the Stage for Rock and Roll

Patti Smith

Patti Smith woke up the world when she released her debut album "Horses" in 1975. Smith mashed rock with poetry, driving the punk movement to focus their energy on activism instead of violence onto one another. Smith was the chariot driver of the beat generation, and when young new yorkers weren't reading Keroack and dreaming of running away to South America, they were listening to her.

The More You Know

Your dog knows when someone isn't trustworthy.
In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.
Pilots and their co-pilots are required to eat different meals before flights so that they don’t both end up with food poisoning.

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