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Scientists find that despite time and location, the productivity of settlements grows faster than their populations
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The area’s elevated mercury levels aren’t healthy for fish, birds or humans
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She drew inspiration from French magazines and colors from Colonial America
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The tree on the bank of the River Thames may be 2,000 years old
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New research on Neanderthal teeth shows differing gender roles
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Move over, real estate—there’s a new bubble in snowdrop bulbs
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Craftsmen who built royal tombs enjoyed sick days, designated physicians and rationed medicine—all paid by the state
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Scientists hope the discovery of 1,500-year-old grape seeds may help resurrect the historically famous “Wine of the Negev”
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Despite what furniture stores and car dealerships tell you, officially, we’re really just celebrating George Washington’s birthday
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One of his slaves fled to New Hampshire to escape becoming a wedding present
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Rogue diggers with metal detectors are threatening a priceless archaeological site
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The Lincoln Association of Jersey City claims it has the longest record of celebrating Lincoln’s legacy
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Victorians seduced their sweeties with "love tokens"
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A group of criminal justice reformers find 700 more lynchings in the segregated South than previously recorded
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An archivist in England stumbled upon a 715-year-old edition of the charter credited for initiating a new framework of governance
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The loan of over 10,000 documents from the Civil Rights icon’s personal life reveals her complexity and inner struggles—as well as one solid pancake recipe
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Some Buddhists claim this well-preserved monk is in a deep meditative state
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The rare code-breaking documents include sheets used to calculate settings for the machine working on "Enigma"
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