Tuesday, September 15, 2026 — National Double Cheeseburger Day

The United States could safely welcome its nuclear rival—but apparently couldn’t get him past the gates of Disneyland.

Today we follow Charles Darwin to the Galápagos, discover why Marilyn Monroe’s famous New York footage couldn’t be used, and join Nikita Khrushchev on the American tour that took him everywhere except the Magic Kingdom.

Along the way, we celebrate Agatha Christie, the mystery writer whose own eleven-day disappearance remains unexplained.

Sometimes the version everyone remembers is far simpler—and much stranger—than what actually happened.