Aric Allen

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When Aric Allen was 21, he lived in a desolate mountain cabin for 10 weeks. There he planned to write a novel, but instead he learned how to be alone.

The Cabin Notebook

When Aric Allen was 21, he lived in a desolate mountain cabin for 10 weeks. There he planned to write a novel, but instead he learned how to be alone.

from UnFictional

Aric Allen spent much of the early 2000s on the phone – selling get-rich-quick schemes and rapidly turning into a person he didn’t recognize.

1-800-KISS-MY-ASS

Aric Allen spent much of the early 2000s on the phone – selling get-rich-quick schemes and rapidly turning into a person he didn’t recognize.

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Smog first appeared in Los Angeles on June 8, 1943. Some people thought we were under attack by the Japanese.

UnFictional: LA's first day of smog and the panic it caused

Smog first appeared in Los Angeles on June 8, 1943. Some people thought we were under attack by the Japanese.

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