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Cool Finds

Cool Finds

For $1,600 You Can Own a Genetically Altered Micropig

From lab animal to potential pet

Helen Keller in a photograph taken to promote her efforts to give radios to poor blind children.

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How Helen Keller Experienced Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

“I could actually distinguish the cornets, the roll of the drums, deep-toned violas and violins singing in exquisite unison”

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The Nazis Wanted to Beat the British With Exploding Chocolate Bars

Sweet, but scary

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Scientists Just Found a Sea Turtle That Glows

The turtle is the first biofluorescent reptile ever found in the wild

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Americans Used to Eat Four Meals a Day

Rest in peace, “second supper”

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Yet Another Highly-Venomous Snake Discovered in Australia

The Kimberley death adder is one of the most venomous snakes in the world

A domed building serves as the village center and is visible from everywhere in Matavenero, Spain

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Spain Has Turned a Ghost Town Into an Off-Grid Eco-Village

A photographer documents the remote, self-sufficient lifestyle

The Mason jar can even be used to serve oatmeal -- though other containers might be better suited for this particular stunt.

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How Mason Jars Went from Thrifty to Hip

One jar that can be used to store pickles, serve cocktails and, with some craftiness, light up a room (just not all at the same time)

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This Man Tracked his Sneezes for Five Years and Fixed his Pollen Allergy

What a little bit of data about health can do

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NASA Unveils Giant Ice Cube With Wheels for Exploring Alien Oceans

An underwater rover might one day explore otherworldly seas

A statue of goddess Durga in Kolkata — India was the location of the first recorded nose job

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The Nose Job Dates Back to the 6th Century B.C.

But for a long time, the nose was built up instead of shaved down

An illustration of Titanosaurs nesting — the large group the museum-bound specimen belongs to

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The Biggest Dinosaur to Walk the Earth Will Soon Be in a Museum

The as-yet-unnamed sauropod was about 130 feet long and will barely fit in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City

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Supreme Court Justices Have a Thing for Shakespeare

The brief’s the thing

Mexican free-tailed bats leaving Bracken Cave in Texas

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Saving Bats Could Reduce Pesticide Use

People already install bat houses to attract the insect-eating mammals, but one researcher is working to quantify exactly how much they may help

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People Can Now Have Their Tattoos Framed After They Die

A new service turns skin art into a gift that keeps on giving

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Netflix Has Figured Out The Exact Moment Viewers Get Addicted to a Show

It doesn’t take many episodes

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How Doughnut-Loving Cops Became a Stereotype

A sugar-sweet symbol for beat cops around the country

Stonehenge after the 2008 restoration

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A Man Once Bought Stonehenge for his Wife, and She Was not Pleased

Or at least, so the story goes of a British barrister’s decision to purchase the neolithic site for the equivalent of about $1 million

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A Letter About Darwin’s Belief in God Just Sold for Nearly $200,000

Just 41 words long, it provides a missing link for historians who have long wondered what the naturalist thought about religion

Brooke Shields filming a shampoo commercial

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How to Pose Like a 1980s Model

A collection of clips from real videos proves to be silly — and not just due to the fashion of the 1980s

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