Hockey Fight to First in Flight & Surviving a Mom Divorce

When you want a sneak peek under the hood and into the guts of whatever makes the world around us work — unadulterated and uncovered — OZY is here for you. And today? This True Stories newsletter tells you all about how a hockey hit gave us the gift of flight (pictured), what comedian Bill Burr loves about CrimeFaces and the devastating impact of a parental unit's departure. www.ozy.com Sponsored by From the editor | January 29 When you want a sneak peek under the hood and into the guts of whatever makes the world around us work — unadulterated and uncovered — OZY is here for you. And today? This True Stories newsletter tells you all about how a hockey hit gave us the gift of flight (pictured), what comedian Bill Burr loves about CrimeFaces and the devastating impact of a parental unit's departure. Eugene S. Robinson, Editor-at-Large [True Stories]( [When Your Mom ‘Divorces’ You]( Having a mom who was mentally ill wasn't great, but it got worse when she left us to fend for ourselves. When I was around 10, my mom left us. One of my sisters — the lucky golden child — got to live with her dad. She was our mom’s favorite. And everyone else’s too. My oldest sister, my brother and me? We were left to fend for ourselves. Which meant we almost ended up in an orphanage. At the last second though, a guy took over our little rental house, and so he was also “taking care” of us. He was always in a bad mood, and my siblings and I felt like we were a heavy burden. Our existence was like some kind of favor he was doing us. [READ NOW]( [True Stories]( [The Hockey Game That Changed Aviation History]( The story of manned flight began on a frozen pond in Dayton, Ohio, in 1886. The invention of flight and modern aviation depends upon a lot of things, from the rigorous study of aeronautics to the development of balloons and gliders to the invention of the internal combustion engine. Not to mention a ton of trial and error. But nearly 20 years before the Wright Brothers made history with the first successful flight on Dec. 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, something happened that would change the course of their lives (and ours) forever. In many ways, the story of aviation begins with an unfortunate incident during a game of teenage hockey. [READ NOW]( [Sponsored by Bright Cellars]( [Drinking Wine Is Easy. Choosing Wine Is Hard]( That’s why two MIT grads created an algorithm that recommends wine based on your individual palate by using a simple seven-question quiz. You don’t have to know anything about wine to take the quiz. They ask questions like “What’s your favorite chocolate?” and “How do you like your tea?” Seeing which wines they recommend is 100 percent free. [So take the quiz.]( Bright Cellars is offering OZY readers [$50]( off their first order! [True Stories]( [Genital Jewelry’s Dirty Little Secret]( OZY’s Eugene S. Robinson addresses queries from the love-weary in “Sex With Eugene.” [True Stories]( [Striking Teachers and Terror on the Picket Lines]( Mike Friedberg took his kids out to picket for Chicago's striking teachers while social media misinformation stoked counterstrike agita. [True Stories]( [Who Makes Bill Burr Laugh? CrimeFaces!]( Alfred "AC" Charles and his CrimeFaces franchise, praised by Bill Burr and pro athletes, is the sharpest tongue on Instagram these days. [True Stories]( [The Forgotten Film That Brought Sex to the Silver Screen]( “Man & Wife” broke a key barrier when it came to doin’ it. [True Stories]( [The Old Man & the Jump Rope]( Just a "sport" for 7-year-olds? Nope. It's for combat-sports folks and old guys trying to kill themselves for our amusement. One More Thing [OZY Investigation: Breaking the Silence on Croatia’s Rising ‘Womb Violence’]( [READ NOW]( OZY Media Mountain View, California 94040 This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Read Online](