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Watch How Tuesday’s Tsunami Waves Moved From Chile All the Way to Australia

A computer model shows how the tsunami crossed the Pacific

Coral

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Watch This Hypnotic Time Lapse Video of Coral

Corals are animals, rooted to the ocean floor but capable of some hypnotically beautiful movement, as this time lapse video shows

Tibetan protesters in Nepal.

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Once 2,000 Tibetan Refugees Came to Nepal Each Year; Now It’s Fewer Than 200. Why?

Nepal is caving to pressure from China to ostracize and persecute Tibetans

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Sometimes Scientists Just Need to Be Left Alone

Proponents for alone time—Isaac Newton, included—think silence can be a precondition for a great breakthrough

Ring around the Social Security number.

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Children Have to Worry About Identity Theft, Too

The rate of identity theft is five times higher among children than among adults

Tie Dye Egg by Lindsey Bull from last year's Big Egg Hunt in London

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The Hunt For Giant Easter Eggs Across New York City Is On

Not just any eggs—260 egg-shaped sculptures that range from ornate to modern

Edward Burne-Jones, The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon, painted probably using Mummy Brown.

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Ground Up Mummies Were Once an Ingredient in Paint

In 1964, the manufacturer who made Mummy Brown reportedly ran out of mummies to grind up

"An illustration showing various ways that a water well (center) may become infected by typhoid fever bacteria."

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Science Rewrites the Death of America’s Shortest-Serving President

William Henry Harrison may have died of typhoid fever

Charles Rowell: The celebrated pedestrian, c. 1879.

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America’s Favorite Sport Used to Be… Competitive Walking

Pedestrianism was popular in the late 19th century

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The Prescription for Rheumatism Used to Be to Sit Inside a Rotting Whale for 30 Hours

The treatment’s efficacy, however, remains questionable

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This Hospital Door Handle Doubles As a Hand Sanitizer

This way, infections don’t spread as easily—and no one has to remember to Purel their hands

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This Mummy Had an Angel Tattooed on Her Leg

A 1,300 year old Egyptian mummy was found to have the tattoo of an angel on her inner thigh

Most of us are more like the frog, than the prince.

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No One Wants to Admit They’re Ugly, Which Makes It Hard to Fight Beauty Bias

Nobody wants to join the ugly lobby, but that might be what we need to battle “lookism”

Lehman Cave

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Even Caves Need a Spring Cleaning

Volunteers removed two tons of detritus from Lehman Cave in Great Basin National Park

The English city of Bath was one of the top 10 tourist destinations in the 1800's

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Here’s How Tourism Worked in the 1860s

One of the only constants: Paris is popular.

Andorra

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In a Few Small Countries, Tourists Massively Outnumber Locals

To attract enough tourists to overwhelm its population, a country needs something special to attract them.

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The Definitive Guide to the Dogs on the Titanic

There were twelve dogs on the Titanic. Here’s what happened to them.

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George Washington Liked Ice Cream So Much He Bought Ice Cream-Making Equipment for the Capital

Washington used to serve ice cream to guests at the capital

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You Can Watch the First Ever Operation to Transplant a 3D-Printed Skull Into a Person’s Head

The operation, which took place on a 22-year-old Dutch woman, was a success

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It Once Took Tens of Thousands of Men to Recover an Astronaut from Landing

Splashdown support teams were absolutely massive

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