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Outrageous Postcards and Ads of Snowmen Gone Wild
Before the age of Frosty, the snowman was abused by children and exploited by advertisers
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Sixteen Years of Black Hole Watching Pays Off
How do you prove that a black hole exists? It is so dense, not even light can escape its grasp
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Leap Second Added to Your Calendar
The official Keepers of Time will add a leap second to the world’s master clocks (in the U.S. Naval Observatory) on December 31 at 23:59:59 UTC
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The Splendor of Greene and Greene
A new exhibition celebrates the work of brothers Charles and Henry Greene, masters of American Arts and Crafts architecture
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What Did You Do in College? These Students Discovered a Planet
That’s right. These three undergraduates from Leiden University in the Netherlands discovered a planet, and not just any old planet
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Ancient, Doomed “Iceman” Had Been Eating Mosses
Scientists found six species of moss in the stomach of the famous five thousand-year-old glacier mummy
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In rural Connecticut, a 300-year-old nativity scene is brought back to life by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Before Email, There Was V-mail
A history of the method used to transmit letters during World War II
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