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telecommunications

Videocassette Dating Let Singles Fast-Forward to Love

Long before Tinder, singles put themselves onscreen for love.
September 30, 2016
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fleeting wonders

Overly Smiley Man Sues France Over Passport Photo

He's arguing that his slightly upturned mouth is a "neutral expression."
September 29, 2016
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genetics

We're Sequencing Every Member of the Weirdest Bird Species on Earth

Meet the kākāpō—a nocturnal, flightless parrot who we are about to understand on an unprecedented level.
September 28, 2016
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zoos

Two Dudes Broke Into An Aquarium And Freed A Penguin Named Buddy

Now all of South Africa is trying to find him.
September 28, 2016
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miracles

Meet Miracle, a 3-Week-Old Disabled Piglet Who Walks on 2 Legs

Would you consider adopting him?
September 27, 2016
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fleeting wonders

A Rare, Lonely, Amorous Musk Ox Is Stinking Up a Small Swedish Town

There are only eleven musk oxen in the whole country, and none of them are anywhere near this guy.
September 26, 2016
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sports

The Best Sport Of The Early 1900s Involved Pushing Around An Elephant-Sized Ball

Invented by a football-hating electrical engineer, eventually, horses got involved.
September 26, 2016
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youth

Children in Spain are Going on a Homework Strike

To be fair, it was their parents' idea.
September 23, 2016
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mammoths

A Record Amount of Mammoth Bones Was Unearthed in Siberia

A wooly mammoth graveyard contains piles of bones from two different sizes of mammoth.
September 22, 2016
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computers

Why Computer Scientists In Pittsburgh Spent Last Night Differentiating Nipples from Navels

Meet the Torso Computer Club.
September 21, 2016
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fleeting wonders

A Recreated Arch of Palmyra Unveiled in New York City

The original was destroyed by the Islamic State in 2015.
September 20, 2016
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fleeting wonders

A Small-Town 'Goldfinger' Is Gilding Fire Hydrants In Austria

He (or she) loves only gold!
September 19, 2016
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dreams

The Battle Over How Flat Kansas Is

How flat is it? And should we make it even flatter?
September 16, 2016
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lighthouses

America's Oldest Lighthouse Has Turned 300

Happy birthday, Boston Light.
September 14, 2016
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rats

The Doomed Mouse Utopia That Inspired the 'Rats of NIMH'

Dr. John Bumpass Calhoun spent the '60s and '70s playing god to thousands of rodents.
September 14, 2016
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bears

Polar Bears Are Staking Out Some Russian Meteorologists

They're sleeping under the station windows.
September 13, 2016
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subways

A Subway Station in London Has Been Taken Over by Cat Photos

It's the first feline guerilla action from the Citizens Advertising Takeover Service.
September 12, 2016
Gastro Obscura
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utopia week

The Rise and Fall of Fruitopia, the Trippiest Beverage of the '90s

Wherefore art thou, Strawberry Passion Awareness?
September 12, 2016
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fish

How Fish Forensics Uncovered the Long-Lost Alabama Sturgeon

Scientists discovered that this rare fish is still alive—without ever laying eyes on it.
September 8, 2016
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sharks

Florida Man Fends Ten Sharks Off With Fishing Pole

Florida, man.
September 8, 2016
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epidemics

In 1981, Clowns Allegedly Appeared Across Boston, Similar to Current Clown Panic

A deep dive into "phantom clowns" leads us to '80s Boston, "The Paddler," and Donald Trump.
September 7, 2016
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video

Why Are Thousands of People Watching This Livestream of a Wyoming Town?

No one knows, but here are some theories.
September 6, 2016
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camera obscura

The Story Behind the Most Famous Photo from Hurricane Andrew

How do you keep a flamingo flock safe in a major storm?
September 6, 2016
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photography

Inside a Comedy Writer’s Treasure Trove of Mid-Century 3-D Photos

Eric Drysdale's stereoscopic collection plunks you right down in the middle of the 1950s.
September 2, 2016