Ansel Adams was an iconic landscape photographer famous for his dramatic, highly detailed black-and-white images of the American West.
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August 26, 2026
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On This Day
1957 - The first Edsel made by the Ford Motor Company rolled off the assembly line. Production was discontinued in 1960, with an estimated loss of $350 million ($3.95 billion today).
Fact of the Day
Due to consistent rock falls, Reunion Island in France has created the most expensive road in the world, estimated to be worth $1.8 billion for a length of 7.7 miles.
Nature Oddities
Natural history museums use teams of flesh-eating beetles to clean the flesh off the specimens.
Food and Drink
Parmigiano-Reggiano is a large target of organized crime in Italy. From 2013 to 2015, an organized crime gang stole 2,039 wheels of it from warehouses in northern and central Italy.