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Cool Finds

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Engineers Are Constructing a Giant Steel Lid to Contain Chernobyl’s Radioactive Core

The arch-shaped lid will protect against radioactive dust should Chernobyl’s decaying facilities collapse

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Convenience Stores Are Killing Hotel Minibars

Once found in many hotels, minibars are slowly being phased out

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This Seal Tried to Steal Another Seal’s Baby Before It Was Fully Born

Nature is not a nice place

A bowl of shark fin soup, which is sometimes made with meat from protected species of sharks

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People Caught Eating Rare Animals in China Might Soon Face Jail Time

Eating endangered species was never kosher, but now legitimate punishments can finally be dished out for this crime

Campbell's by Andy Warhol

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It Took Three Years to Restore 23 Pieces of Art Andy Warhol Made on a Computer in the 1980s

Trapped in an obsolete computer format, these works are finally seeing the digital light of day

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These Look Like Ordinary Bikes, But If You Steal One, You Will Definitely Get Caught

From San Francisco to Wisconsin, bait bike are two-wheeled victims in disguise

A wolf-dog (left) and a mastiff.

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New Hampshire Has Too Many Wolf-Dogs

Are they domesticated pets or wild animals?

No more selfies required with a vacation photographer

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People Are Hiring Professional Photographers for Their Vacations

Professional photo shoots aren’t just for weddings anymore

Part of the centuries old depiction from the Japanese art scroll He-Gassen

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Anthropologists Are Afraid to Ask About Farting

Why are farts so universally reviled?

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The Freezing Winter Forced New York’s Rats To a New Food Source: Trees

This past winter was particularly hard on the animals

A fragment of the meteorite that tore through the Earth above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013.

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The Earth Is Pummeled By Asteroids All the Time; That They’re Not Causing Damage Is Just Luck

Most asteroids explode high up in the air or crash into the ocean, but some don’t

Pistols equipped with silencers, confiscated from drug dealers.

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Sales of Gun Silencers Have Shot Up Nearly 37 Percent Last Year

Proponents argue that they make firearms safer; others say it’s just the opposite

Not Robertson's bread, nor his hands

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America’s Best Bread Recipe Is 38 Pages Long

Simple ingredients and lots of patience combined make this bread rise to the top

Sewer cover in Los Angeles

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L.A. Needs Water, And for a Century, the “Mother Ditch” Supplied It

Built in 1781, the “Mother Ditch” supplied water to the early city

Elvis back stage after a show at the New Frontier Hotel

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Elvis’ First Big Vegas Show Was a Total Flop

Playing to the middle-aged crowd at the New Frontier Hotel, Elvis’ first Vegas show didn’t go over so well

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When Museum Specimen Get Infested With Bugs, Curators Have to Freeze Them

Freezing and heating can oftentimes keep invertebrate enemies at bay

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Americans Are Living Longer, Healthier Lives, But Suicide And Drug-Induced Deaths Are on the Rise

Heart disease and cancer are still the big killers, but digging deeper into death statistics reveals some alarming trends

Charles Dodgson

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Lewis Carroll Hated Fame So Much He Almost Wished He’d Never Written His Books

At least, that’s what he said in a letter, now in the University of Southern California library

Discovery Hut

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Preserving Antarctic History Means Chipping Out Tons of Ice From Between Floorboards

Built by Robert Falcon Scott, Discovery Hut is one of several historic structures being preserved in Antarctica

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Less Than a Fourth of Jet-Wheel Stowaways Survive—And That’s a Generous Estimate

One teen recently survived a jet wheel ride from California to Hawaii

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