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From people stealing baby bison and Yosemite trademarks to epic blooms in Death Valley, 2016 has been an eventful centennial year for the NPS
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Meet the Men Behind Saturday Morning’s Most Memorable Cartoons
Zoinks! Hanna-Barbera once dominated kids’ Saturday schedules
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Artist Geocaches His Work Throughout Central Park
Brad Troemel’s Freecaching is a tongue-in-cheek response to New York’s high rent and a new way to “store” artwork
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The Vatican Names Its First Woman Museum Director
Barbara Jatta just smashed through one frescoed ceiling
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Rains Transform Australia’s Uluru National Park Into a Waterfall Wonderland
Record storms flooded roads and swelled rivers near the park’s iconic natural feature
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Lawyer Wants to Make Harper Lee’s Hometown a Haven for Tourists
Monroeville, Alabama, could change with a proposed Harper Lee Trail
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Navajo Nation Library Wants to Digitally Preserve Thousands of Hours of Oral Histories
The library is looking for help protecting its tapes
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2016 Got You Down? Trash All Your Woes on Good Riddance Day
Inspired by a Latin American tradition, Good Riddance Day is one way to say goodbye to this year’s bad memories
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New York City’s Long-Awaited Second Avenue Subway Is Packed With Public Art
The city’s four newest subway stations are covered in colorful mosaics
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You Can Hear Hagia Sophia’s Sublime Acoustics Without a Trip to Istanbul
Stanford scientists have digitally created the building’s unique sound, taking listeners back to the Middle Ages
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Why There’s A 30-Foot Menorah on the National Mall
The tradition of the National Menorah was begun under President Jimmy Carter in 1979
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Why Do People Tell Ghost Stories on Christmas?
Christmas ghost stories are a tradition going back much farther than “A Christmas Carol”
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Someday, Maybe We’ll Have Hanukkah in July
Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same day this year because not everyone follows the same calendar
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This Year Marks the 50th Kwanzaa
The week-long holiday is a celebration of African-American culture
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New Yorkers’ Post-Election Post-its Will Be Preserved
Subway Therapy captured a city’s outpouring of emotion. Now, the notes New Yorkers left behind will be archived
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A Huge Bronze Hippo in a Tutu Is Coming to Lincoln Center
Her name is Hippo Ballerina, and she’s sure to make theatergoers do a double-take
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The Crazy Tricks Early Filmmakers Used To Fake Snow
Cornflakes, flour and, uh, asbestos were all used in early movies
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Why Crossword Puzzles Are Still Mostly Written By Humans
Computers can write sports articles, replace stock brokers and help diagnose patients. But they can’t write good crosswords
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Poland Has Lifted Its Media Ban
It’s the latest in an ongoing saga about press freedoms in the populist-led country
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