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There’s an Airbnb for Fields in England
In the U.K., you can rent a field for weddings, concerts, sports matches or simply your own enjoyment
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Experts Have No Idea Who This Roman God Is
A recently unearthed carving combines Roman and Mesopotamian elements but may represent a god from an even earlier time
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A 15-Minute Test to Diagnose Ebola Is Going Into Use in West Africa
Speeding up detection would help everyone get where they need to be
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This Computer From 1949 Runs on Water
Computers at the time didn’t have displays; one economics student created a visualization using water-filled tanks and tubes
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NASA Is Turning Black Friday Into “Black Hole Friday”
Because, in the end, even great savings won’t save you from a singularity
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A Nurse Describes the Smell of the Civil War
The overpowering stink of blood and decaying flesh can surprise even trained soldiers
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Just in Time for Black Friday, San Francisco Passed the First Ever Retail Worker Bill of Rights
San Francisco’s retail staff will have more stable hours and the possibility to work overtime
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Soon Enough No One Will Remember Bill Clinton
People mostly remember first and recent US presidents, forgetting almost all the ones that came between
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Will Mandatory Calorie Counts Rain on Cinnabon’s 8,300-Rolls-Per-Hour Thanksgiving Parade?
Cinnabon staffs up to cope with the holiday rush for their 880-calorie cinnamon rolls
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The 17th-Century Polish Vampire Next Door
In 17th century Poland, people pegged as vampires weren’t weirdo foreigners but locals who freaked their neighbors out
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Lemmings Do Not Explode Or Throw Themselves Off Cliffs
A popular myth about these arctic rodents has its roots in faked documentary footage from Disney
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Reexamining Fossils Revealed a New Dinosaur Species
A distinct species of Pentaceratops was hiding in a museum’s fossil collection
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Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism Is Even Older Than We Thought
This ancient astronomical calculator is now dated to 205 B.C. and is 1,000 years more advanced than anything else found from that time
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How NASA Censored Dirty-Mouthed Astronauts
NASA really didn’t want astronauts swearing on air
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Pardoned Turkeys Spend a Night in a Hotel First
After an evening in a $350 hotel room, today President Obama will spare the birds from the butcher’s block
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Heroin Use Is on the Rise Again, Thanks to Suburban White Users
OxyContin is heroin’s new gateway drug, experts say
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A Dutch Actress Is Journeying to the South Pole on a Tractor
She pays tribute to great polar expeditions of the past and carries the dreams of thousands with her
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One Hummingbird’s Unusual Flight: From Minnesota to Texas, on a Plane
Rufous hummingbirds have no business being in St. Paul amid freezing temperatures
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