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Crowdfunding Project Aims to Put 200 Holocaust Diaries Online
Eyewitness accounts bring the brutal chapter in history to life
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New Report Ranks Easiest and Hardest Places to Be a Kid
Save the Children compares 172 countries based on factors like child mortality rates and adolescent birth rates
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After 130 Years, Lost Natural Wonder May Have Been Rediscovered in New Zealand
It was believed the Pink and White Terraces were destroyed in an eruption, but research suggests they are buried under ash and mud
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We May Live in a Massive Cosmic Void
If the universe were a block of Swiss cheese, the Milky Way would sit within one of the cheesy holes
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Eagles Adopt—Not Attack—a Red-Tailed Hawk Chick
Bird lovers are watching with bated breath to see if the eagles will keep feeding the little guy or turn him into dinner
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En Garde! (Nonviolent) Dueling Will Soon Be Legal in Canada
The government is ridding the Criminal Code of obsolete laws—like ones that prohibit dueling and witchcraft
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Ancient Mask Challenges Theories on Origin of Metalworking in South America
The 3,000-year-old mask found in Argentina suggests that advanced metallurgy may not have been born in Peru
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Massive Wooden Fire Monument Is Older Than Stonehenge
Carbon dating shows that the site dates back to 3300 B.C.
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Puerto Rico Will Seek Statehood Again
Successful referendum sets the stage for another statehood bid
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In 1913, One Gluttonous Pupper Changed the Course of Animation History
Years before “Steamboat Willie,” this animated dog hammed it up onscreen
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When Franklin Delano Roosevelt Served Hot Dogs to a King
A king had never visited a president at home before, but by all accounts they got along fine
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257-Year-Old Coloring Book Rediscovered in St. Louis
The Florist contains 60 drawings, and recommends watercolor pigments like “gall-stone brown”
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Wolves and Dogs Both Have a Sense of Fairness
But wolves seem to take inequity much more seriously than dogs
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Chinese City Institutes One-Dog Policy
Officials in Qingdao say they are trying to limit the amount of disturbance caused by an ever-growing pooch population
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Indonesia’s Trying to Figure Out How Many Islands It Contains
And it’s really complicated
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Google Digitizes 3,000 Years of Fashion History
The massive “We Wear Culture Project” includes 30,000 online artifacts from over 180 institutions
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This 115-Million-Year-Old Mushroom Is the Oldest Fossilized Fungus
Preserved against all odds, the tiny mushroom sprung up when dinosaurs still ruled the lands
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First-Ever Roma Cultural Institution Opens in Europe
It’s a step toward cultural inclusion for Europe’s largest minority group
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Prehistoric Native American Site Discovered Off the California Coast
Sophisticated stone tools date back thousands of years
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Newseum Ditches Headlines for a Day Without News
It’s a stark reminder of the journalists who’ve died doing their jobs
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