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Before the Dinosaur Renaissance moved sauropods out of the swamps, paleontologists recognized that some of these dinosaurs were better suited to land
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Where Did Katniss Get Its Name?
The tuber that gave its name to the heroine of the Hunger Games books has its roots in an era when European explorers met native Americans
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Why Brontosaurus Still Matters
Though it never actually existed, Brontosaurus is an icon of just how much dinosaurs have changed during the past century
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The Stories Behind Five Famous Advertising Characters
Inspired by the Sriracha Flamethrower Grizzly, a look back at some of the great icons of food branding
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Fiddlehead Ferns: How Dangerous is the First Taste of Spring?
The French botanist named 6,700 species in a manic quest for fame. But did his taste for wild foods do him in?
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Exotic Fruits to Eat Locally When Traveling Globally
The crimson fruits occur by the millions, and fishermen, tequila-sipping cowboys, and even a few tourists take to the desert to pursue the pitahaya
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Double-baked biscuits with a long shelf life were the food of choice for European travelers, and the tins they were packaged in are now collector’s items
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A Short Talk With a Legend of Rock
“Climbing without risk isn’t climbing,” says Yvon Chouinard, American rock climbing pioneer and founder of Patagonia
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Making Noise and Selling Ice Cream
Put the bumpy, sour, off-key sound of a mobile ice cream vendor on repeat and play it loud, and you’ve got an infectious earworm
The art and science of looking ahead
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The Sound of Success, Mobile Food Truck Edition
What does a folk song have to do with food trucks, Good Humor bars and the Beach Boys?
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Document Deep Dive: What Does the Magna Carta Really Say?
A curator from the National Archives takes us through what the governing charter means
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S-O-F-T Double E, Mister Softee
A one-man band of an adman recorded an infectious three-minute earworm that will disrupt your sanity this summer
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Such Great Heights: The Hidden Architecture of Elevator Shoes
How a shoe designed to address male inadequacy has become a symbol of female fashion sense
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The author of a new book on bitters explains how they went from medicine to cocktail ingredient
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Will Matt Rutherford be First to Circumnavigate the Americas Solo?
“Basically, I either fail and everyone thinks I’m crazy, or I succeed and I’m a hero,” says the sailor, who is on the homestretch of a one-year journey
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What Shredded Wheat Did for the Navy
The inventor of one of the first ready-to-eat breakfast cereals was also an accidental historian
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Video games may be the art medium of the 21st century, but they’re also an advertising medium. Here are five notable games that promoted foods
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Arthur Conan Doyle’s Ethereal Dinosaurs
Prior to the 1925 debut of The Lost World, the novelist pulled a stunt to make people think dinosaurs might still be alive in a distant jungle
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Was Chop Suey the Greatest Culinary Joke Ever Played?
Have you heard the one about the crowd of hungry miners looking for a meal in Chinatown?
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