Above: On this day in 1902 "The Entertainer" is one of several piano rag compositions copyrighted for Scott Joplin by the US Copyright Office.

The Rude One also takes a walk through our Year of Unmagical Thinking

annieasksyou reports that Yep, We Need to “Rattle the Windows,” For Sure

Attention space nerds! NASA looks back at Perseverance's Mars Year in Review.

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