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Park Place, Brooklyn after the 1888 blizzard.

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It Wasn’t Always the City’s Job to Remove Snow

Even if everybody isn’t happy with the quality of snow removal, they should be pleased it’s not their responsibility

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Caffeine Kick Not Doing It For You? Try a Mild Electric Shock—The Pentagon Is

Direct jolts of electricity to the brain give a burst of alertness

Can you see me now?

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To Avoid Deer Strikes, Finland Is Painting Deer Antlers With Reflective Paint

Attempts to keep motorists from hitting animals usually center around making cars and roads safer, but the Finns are heading straight to the source

A painting by one of Darwin's children, found on the back of one of the manuscript pages of "On the Origin of Species."

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See the Doodles Darwin’s Children Made in His “On the Origin of Species” Manuscript

While Darwin contemplated speciation and evolution, his kids envisioned battling vegetables and tropical birds

Thor und die Midgardsschlange. A scene from Ragnarök, the final battle between Thor and Jörmungandr.

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The Vikings’ Apocalypse Is Coming Up

According to old Norse mythology, we’re 100 days into the end of the world

A kiwi emerges.

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Watch a Kiwi Chick Hatching

A kiwi’s egg weighs about 15 percent of the female’s body weight

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Hamburg Plans to Become Car-Free By 2034

But should there really be zero cars?

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Facebook Can See When Your Flirting Turns Into Something More Serious

Facebook exchanges increase in the build up to a new relationship

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xkcd’s “Frequency” Will Make You Feel How Fast the Earth Is Moving

How long do you need to watch to see a magnitude 4 earthquake?

Either way, they definitely didn't have indoor plumbing.

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We Know Dinosaurs Pooped, But Did They Pee Too?

Researchers are trying to figure out whether dinosaurs combined feces and urine or not

The British Guiana 1-cent stamp

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The World’s Most Valuable Stamp Is Expect to Sell for More than $10 Million

There’s only one of these stamps left in existence

Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson’s Family Home Opens in Columbia

Woodrow Wilson’s boyhood home in Columbia, South Carolina is having it’s grand opening on Saturday, February 15

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Here’s What Sochi Looks Like from the ISS

In some ways, they have the best view of anybody this year - no stray dogs, or double toilets, just beautiful lights and an interrupted stream

Wisdom the Albatross with her newest chick.

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Wisdom the Albatross, the World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird, Has Yet Another Baby

Wisdom is 63, and this is thought to be her 35th-or-so chick

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Finding the Best Office Temperature Is Basically Impossible

Is there a universally perfect working temperature? Probably not, and trying to find it might be a wild goose chase

Chinese takeout boxes like this one set American-style Chinese restaurant Fortune Cookie apart from its Chinese counterparts

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China Gets Its First American-Style Chinese Restaurant

Located in Shanghai, the American-style Chinese restaurant Fortune Cookie was founded by two Cornell graduates, Fung Lam and David Rossi

It's your birthday, eat all the honey you want.

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Happy Birthday Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh’s entrance wasn’t loud or flashy, much like the bear himself it was simple and sweet: a short poem in a little magazine

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Vietnam’s Black Market Is Selling Dogs With Rabies To Meet Demand for Dog Meat

The Vietnamese government, however, is pledging to start better regulating the predominately illegal industry

Kootenay National Park

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Researchers Have Found a Treasure Trove of Fossils in Canada

Researchers have found a treasure trove of fossils in Canada

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New York Could Grow All Its Own Food

Theoretically, New York City could become largely self-sufficient

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