Bobby Riggs, The Mafia and The Battle of the Sexes.
posted to MetaFilter by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 5:03 PM on August 25, 2013 (44 comments)

5 Math experts split the check. From Math with Bad Drawings.
posted to MetaFilter by zabuni at 9:53 AM on August 25, 2013 (25 comments)

"On August 25, 1921, the largest labor insurgency in American history and the largest civil uprising since the Civil War began in Logan County, West Virginia when 10,000 miners and their supporters went to war with 3000 coal mine executives and their hired thugs. The Battle of Blair Mountain is one of the least known major events in American history." -- America's long labour history, even such spectacular events like the Battle of Blair Mountain, is largely unknown, but historian Erik Loomis is trying to change that with his This Day in Labor History series for Lawyers, Guns and Money.
posted to MetaFilter by MartinWisse at 1:13 PM on August 25, 2013 (35 comments)