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Thieves Are Making Off With Millions of Dollars in Stolen Nuts
It’s a hard case to crack
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One of the Earliest Images of Skiing Was Destroyed by Youths Trying to “Improve It”
The petroglyph was made 5,000 years ago
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Sorry, Soda: The U.S. Is Just Not That Into You
Americans will buy more bottled water than soda for the first time ever in 2016
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The First Private Lunar Landing Was Just Approved
Moon Express will head to Earth’s nearest neighbor in 2017
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California’s Joshua Trees Are Under Threat
Climate change could decimate the iconic tree for future generations
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The Government Just Won a Long Legal Battle Over Rare Coins
The enigmatic Double Eagles are anything but trinkets
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How Engineers Got a Vinyl Record to Play in the Stratosphere
Fittingly, it took notes from Carl Sagan
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Protesters Prevent Chinese Museum From Evicting a Family of Cats
The furry family is famous on the internet
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Chernobyl Might Get a Second Life as a Solar Power Plant
From nuclear disaster to renewable energy
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Watch the Chincoteague Ponies Complete Their 91st Annual Swim
For nine decades, the local fire department has herded the horses from Assateague to Chincoteague Island to auction off the foals
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Walmart Once Pulled a Shirt That Said “Someday a Woman Will Be President” From Its Shelves
While Hillary Clinton was living in the White House, no less
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Skip the Stench: Watch Three Massive Corpse Flowers Bloom Online
These tropical flowers only bloom once every four to five years
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The White House Was, in Fact, Built by Enslaved Labor
Along with the Capitol and other iconic buildings in Washington, D.C.
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For Kiwis’ Sake New Zealand Declares War on Rats
The country unveils an ambitious plan to protect its national bird
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An Artist Will Slice Up a Peninsula to Remember Norway’s 2011 Massacre
“Memory Wound” will evoke the brutal losses of the July 22 tragedy
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War Correspondents Are No Longer Spies in the Eyes of the Pentagon
Updated Law of War manual removes references that equate journalism to participation in hostilities
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Police Request 3D-Printed Copy of a Dead Man’s Fingers to Unlock His Smartphone
No more guessing passwords
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The Media Village at the Rio Olympics Is Built on a Mass Grave of Slaves
As Brazil looks forward to an Olympic future, it buries its past
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Horrifying Sculpture Depicts a Human Evolved to Survive a Car Crash
Once you’ve seen it, you can’t unsee it
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