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The National Spelling Bee Adjusts Its Rules To Prevent Ties
Top spellers will be required to take a written test on the final evening of the competition
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This $71.2 Million Diamond Just Set a New World Record
The flawless stone has a new owner—and a new name
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A Second Doomsday Vault—This One to to Preserve Data—Is Opening in Svalbard
Known as the Arctic World Archive, it will store copies of books, archives and documents on special film
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London’s Parliament Square Will Get Its First Statue of a Woman
Suffragist leader Millicent Garrett Fawcett will join the ranks of 11 statesmen who have been honored with monuments there
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Sriracha Sauce Is Finally Available in Vietnam
What happens when a cult staple heads to another country?
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Arsenic and Old Tastes Made Victorian Wallpaper Deadly
Victorians were obsessed with vividly-colored wallpaper, which is on-trend for this year–though arsenic poisoning is never in style
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What Kind of Art is the Most Popular?
It’s not always in museums—and historic name recognition is starting to matter less
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Museum Devoted to Camille Claudel, Long Overshadowed by Rodin, Opens in France
Her work has long been obscured by her dramatic personal life
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N.W.A., NPR Among This Year’s National Recording Registry Inductees
The latest class of 25 also includes Judy Garland and Vin Scully
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Bob Dylan Will (Finally) Collect his Nobel Prize for Literature
But the songwriter won’t be delivering a Nobel Lecture at this time
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The Budweiser Clydesdales’ First Gig Was the End of Prohibition
August Busch, born on this day in 1899, came up with the concept of the Budweiser Clydesdales to celebrate the repeal of anti-liquor laws
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English-Speaking Cameroon Hasn’t Had Any Internet for 70 Days
The shutdown targets the country’s two Anglophone regions
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World’s Largest Gold Coin Stolen From Berlin Museum
Thieves appear to have snuck through a window before making off with the almost 221-pound coin
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Gender-Neutral Pronoun “They” Adopted by Associated Press
The journalist’s bible will finally help reporters talk about non-binary people
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George Orwell Wrote ‘1984’ While Dying of Tuberculosis
Orwell, like thousands around the globe today, struggled with tuberculosis for many years before finally succumbing to the disease
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New Website Documents 100 Years of Japanese Animation
From propaganda to experimental cartoons, these films showcase the early days of a national art form
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India’s Ganges and Yamuna Rivers Are Given the Rights of People
A few days after a New Zealand river gained the rights of personhood, an Indian court has declared that two heavily polluted rivers also have legal status
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Vandals Deface Rock Art In Chad’s Ennedi World Heritage Site
Names were written in French and Arabic on some of the area’s rock art, which can date back as far as 8,000 years
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San People of South Africa Issue Code of Ethics for Researchers
This much-studied population is the first indigenous people of Africa to develop such guidelines
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