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This 700-Year-Old Purse From Iraq Is Remarkably Intact
Handbags have been popular for millennia, but usually we don’t find them all in one piece.
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The Last Beret Maker in France Is Struggling to Survive
French beret makers are facing a continuous drop in demand—plus cheaper imitations from China, India and the Czech Republic
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Islamic Authorities Issue Fatwa on One-Way Trips to Mars
A group of imams in the UAE (the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment or GAIAE) have issued a fatwa prohibiting muslims from going to Mars
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Embassies Are Working on the Most Diplomatic Ways to Use Facebook
Even Chinese embassies use Facebook. What about the rest of the world?
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The FBI Was Still Investigating John Wilkes Booth a Century After Lincoln’s Death
The blog Wonders and Marvels came across the FBI file on John Wilkes Booth
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Those U.K. Storms Revealed the Remains of a 4,500 Year Old Forest
The ancient preserved forest is tied to the fable of Cantre’r Gwaelod
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A Team of Developers Wants to Print Out Wikipedia—All 1,000 Books Of It
A crowdfunding campaign seeks to make a print copy of the online encyclopedia
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Hollywood Was Once an Alcohol-Free Community
Modern Hollywood is a far cry from its intrepid female founder’s “dream of beauty”
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Like All of Nature, Humans Will Go to Extreme Lengths to Stay in the Light
Michael Langan shows our basic instincts
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The Ultra-Strong Robotic Muscles of the Future Could Be Made From Fishing Line
One day, we could have muscles made of fishing line in our own bodies, too
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There Is an Odd Link Between People Who Get Bitten by Cats And Depression
There’s some connection between cat bites and mental illness—it’s just not clear what it is
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Ant Larvae Are Used as Living Floaties to Save the Queen From Floods
When the floods begin, the entire colony does its part in forming a living, floating mass, placing the queen at the protective center
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Here’s How Ukraine’s Political Crisis Is Affecting the Olympics
One Olympic athlete has withdrawn from competition; Russia may be holding back
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Western Schizophrenia Tests Overdiagnose Immigrants
New research suggests that it’s not that immigrants have higher rates of schizophrenia, but rather that our tests for schizophrenia are biased
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The French Revolution in Pictures
The French Revolution Digital Archive has more than 14,000 images from the Revolution of 1789
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Switzerland Is One of the World’s Happiest Countries And One of Its “Suicide Capitals”
New data from the country’s assisted suicide clinics reveal demographics about who is most likely to seek help in ending their own life
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Tribal Force, the First Comic to Feature a Team of Native American Superheroes, Is Returning
Tribal Force was the first comic to feature a superhero team made entirely of Native American characters
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Prison Education Systems Can Keep People From Being Incarcerated Again
But education budgets in prisons were slashed during the economic recession
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Like Humans, Elephants Console One Another When Times Get Tough
In the animal kingdom, only primates, dogs and smart birds like ravens were previously known to do this
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Connecticut’s Trying to Stop Oyster Thieves
Even after centuries of trying, the state hasn’t figured out how to stop the stealing of shellfish
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