megafauna: giant beasts of pleistocene south america, by richard a. fariña, sergio f. vizcaíno, gerry de iuliis

challenger: a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space, by adam higginbotham

• north american x-15
• space shuttle program
  • enterprise (ov-101) - currently at the intrepid museum in new york city, new york
  • columbia (ov-102)
    • sts-1 (1981): first orbital spaceflight of the program
    • sts-107 (2003): disintegrated as it re-entered atmosphere
  • challenger (ov-099)
    • sts-7 (1983): sally ride becomes first american woman in space
    • sts-8 (1983): guion bluford becomes first african-american in space
    • sts-41-b (1984): first untethered spacewalk
    • sts-51-l (1986): broke apart 73 seconds into flight
  • discovery (ov-103) - currently at the steven f. udvar-hazy center in chantilly, virginia
  • atlantis (ov-104) - currently at the kennedy space center visitor complex in merritt island, florida
  • endeavor (ov-105) - currently at the california science center in los angeles, california

cult following: the extreme sects that capture our imaginations — and take over our lives, by j.w. ocker

• raelism
• koreshan unity
• home of truth (spiritualists)
• john frum movement (cargo cult)
• chen tao (texas)
• ordo templi orientis (aleister crowley)
• divine order of the royal arms of the great eleven
• peoples temple (jim jones) (jonestown, 1978)
• ant hill kids (canada)
• los narcosatánicos (mexico)
• heavenly jerusalem (russia)
• manson family
• children of god (also known as the family international) (joaquin & river phoenix; rose mcgowan)
• rajneesh movement (salmonella & salads)
• aum shinrikyo (shoko asahara) (1994 matsumoto sarin attack; 1995 tokyo subway sarin attack)
• sullivan institute
• nuwuabian movement
• order of the solar movement
• branch davidians (david koresh) (waco, texas 1993)
• movement for the restoration of the ten commandments of god (uganda) (2000 church fire)
• superior universal alignment (brazil)
• synanon (addict rehabilitation)
• the seekers (cognitive dissonance)
• remnant fellowship church (gwen shamblin) (2021 percy priest lake cessna citation crash)
• i am (mt shasta)
• nxivm (nexium) (branded women)
• ho no hana sanpogyo (feet)
• planetary activation organization (virtual)
• breatharianism
• heaven’s gate (marshall applewhite & bonnie nettles)

ten birds that changed the world, by stephen moss

• 1. the raven
• 2. the pigeon