It would’ve been tough to avoid the Ice Bucket Challenge on social media in the summer of 2014. But few knew that the movement was triggered by a 1492 summer fling between Christopher Columbus and the governor of La Gomera, Canary Islands. Here’s how it links up.
This Butterfly Effect is taken from issue #16 of Delayed Gratification, which is available in our shop.
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