A Topical Time Capsule

So we can look back at the future's past and laugh.

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Earlier this month, Elon Musk smoked marijuana on video while being interviewed by Joe Rogan, causing controversy and Tesla’s stock to go down.

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Christine Blasey Ford accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, both testifying last week.

Photo: Erin Schaff-Pool / Getty Images

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Hurricane Florence hit the East Coast of the USA a few weeks ago, along with four other storms seen developed from outer space.

Photo: CIRA/RAMMB; GOES-16/NOAA

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In celeb news this month, 26 year old rapper Mac Miller passed from an apparent drug overdose and competing rappers Cardi B and Nicki Minaj get into a physical fight during NYFW.

Photo: Clevver News

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Near Genoa, Italy a bridge collapsed during a thunderstorm, killing at least 43 people while injuring at least 15 people.

Photo: Reuters 

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News has come out that within the past 70 years, over 300 priests in the Roman Catholic Church have sexually abused over 1,000 children in Pennsylvania. There has been accusations that clergymen knew about said abuse and said nothing. 

Photo: Jeff Swensen / New York Times

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This month, singer Aretha Franklin and American politician John McCain both passed due to cancer.

Photo credits unknown, photo found on Fox News

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The Shiggy Show started a viral video dance challenge with Drake’s new song “In My Feelings” based off of the song’s chorus.

Photo: The Backpack Kid / The Shiggy Show / Odell Beckham Jr.

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Forbes magazine called Kylie Jenner a self-made millionaire, many questioning the fact if she is really self-made. Ironically what made her an almost billionaire is her cosmetic line after becoming popular for her filled lips, which this month she removed her fillers. 

Photo: Forbes

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A soccer team and their coach in Chiang Rai, Thailand have been rescued after missing for nine days in a cave.

Photo: AP / Rex / Shutterstock 

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Starbucks has announced that by 2020 they will eliminate plastic straws from all of their locations. Eliminating plastic straws is being more popular due to them being unrecyclable and harming marine life. 

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New celebrities couples have been recently engaged after briefly dating: Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra, Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin, and Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson got engaged last month. 

Collage by Slate. Photos by Ricky Vigil / GC Images, Robert Kamau / GC Images, Alessio Botticelli / GC Images.

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A protester climbed the Statue of Liberty on July 4th, evacuating people off the island. 

Photo: Agence France-Presse / Getty Images

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More than 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the US/Mexican border since this April. Last week, President Trump has signed an order to end the process of separating immigrant children from families at the border, but still intends to prosecute adults who illegally come into the US. While First Lady Melania Trump flew to visit the families that have been separated, she wore a jacket that stated “ I Don’t Really Care, Do U?”, causing many to get upset. 

Photo: John Moore / Getty Images