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Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane, "Pistol Packin' Mama," at the four-engine school at Lockbourne AAF, Ohio, during WASP ferry training.

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Female WWII Pilots Can Now Be Buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Seventy-five years later, WASPs have won one last battle

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Nile Crocodiles Have Moved to Florida

Three “unusual” crocodilians turned out to be more closely related to South African crocs than American ones

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The World’s Longest Pizza Took 250 Chefs More Than Six Hours to Make

No surprise, the record-holding pie was created in Naples

This visualization shows how temperatures in the top 1,000 feet, approximately, of the Pacific Ocean at the equator were warmer or cooler than average during 5-day periods centered on three dates this spring: March 14, April 13 and May 3. 

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Say Goodbye to a Historic El Niño and Hello to La Niña

Conditions are looking ripe for the cooler climate pattern to take over in the Pacific

Sikh passengers aboard the Komagata Maru in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet, 1914.

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The Story of the Komagata Maru Is a Sad Mark on Canada’s Past

Why Prime Minister Trudeau’s decision to formally apologize is so significant

The BBC's free recipe repository will be shuttered some time in the next 12 months.

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Thousands of People Are Trying to Save BBC’s Recipe Archive

Cost-cutting measures may nix the broadcaster’s online recipe database

Italian ship the Ievoli Ivory aids the effort to raise a sunken ship that carried migrants

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Massive Effort Underway to Recover More Than 700 Migrants Drowned at Sea

Forensic scientists hope to use DNA to identify the remains

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A Dalit Man Dug His Own Well When He Was Denied Water During a Drought

India’s “untouchables” still face daily discrimination

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The Bison Is Now the Official Mammal of the United States

The big beasts are the first official mammals recognized by the federal government

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Brawny American Lobsters Are Muscling in on Their European Cousins

Sweden wants to ban live American lobsters for fear they will out-claw their own

"Our Modern Prison," by Banksy.

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Video Calls Are Replacing In-Person Visits at Some Prisons

For some companies, bans on in-person prison visits mean big business

Authentic "Derby-Pie"

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Why Making ‘Derby-Pie’ Might Land You a Lawsuit

The Kentucky Derby’s traditional dessert has a tangled legal history

A Chilean beach–before.

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Why Are Chilean Beaches Covered With Dead Animals?

Warm waters have turned the country’s once-pristine coast into a putrid sight

Lee Harvey Oswald, center, handing out fliers. According to a conspiracy theory floated by the National Enquirer, the unidentified man on the left wearing a black tie is the father of Senator Ted Cruz.

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A Brief History of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Connection to Cuba

For over 50 years, conspiracy theorists have linked JFK’s assassin to Fidel Castro’s Cuba

Don't worry...there's more than enough cheese to go around.

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The U.S. Has a Massive Cheese Surplus

Imagine 1.19 billion pounds of cached cheese

Scarface is dead—long live Scarface.

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Yellowstone’s Most Famous Bear Is Dead

Who shot “Scarface”?

The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava after it was decimated by a fire on Orthodox Easter.

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A Historic Cathedral in New York City Goes up in Flames

The Cathedral of St. Sava caught fire just hours after the Orthodox congregation celebrated Easter

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