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The Swimsuit Series, Part 2: Beauty Pageants and the Inevitable Swimsuit Competition
In the latest chapter of the series, we look at how bathing suits came to be an integral part of the Miss America competition
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June 28: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Today at the Folklife Festival: spoken word, Missouri regional cooking, a steel band performance, and more
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The Top 10 Biggest Sports #Fails of All Time
For athletes on the world stage, nothing is worse than choking under pressure. Here are the 10 most memorable transgressors
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How Well Do You Know Your Vice Presidents?
Test yourself on our quiz of the famous, infamous and not-so-famous least powerful men in the country
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Multiple Sidosis and Disneyland Dream: Two Amateur Masterpieces
Your chance to see two hard-to-find independent shorts
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Ancient Traditions, New Stories: Reviving the Aboriginal Possum Skin Cloak
Photographer Sarah Rhodes documents how aboriginal communities in Australia are reclaiming their heritage
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Australopithecus Sediba: The Wood-Eating Hominid
For the first time, researchers have discovered that a hominid dined on wood or bark
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Finally, Male Birth Control Even Dudes Will Use
Here’s a male contraceptive from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute that a) works pretty well and b) shouldn’t be too burdensome for dudes
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1987 Predictions From Bill Gates: “Siri, Show Me Da Vinci Stuff”
The co-founder of Microsoft worried that, in the information age, people would prefer synthesized reality
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June 27: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
The Folklife Festival kicks off today, June 27
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Nora Ephron, 71, Was Good At Endings
Nora Ephron died last night at 71, of pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukemia
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