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We are Living in the Golden Age of the Goatee

January 6, 2016

Exploring the Forgotten Art Deco Artifacts of the New Yorker Hotel

January 6, 2016

The 44 Most Wondrous Places to Visit in 2016

January 6, 2016

Today, the World's Eyes Are On This Large British Puddle

January 6, 2016

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Fleeting Wonders: A 3D-Printed Moon Town

January 6, 2016

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FOUND: Two Black Holes, One Too Skinny, The Other Too Fat

January 6, 2016

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Shocking Scenes From Benjamin Franklin's Experimental Electricity Parties

January 6, 2016

The Manmade Marvel of the Baltimore Sewers

January 6, 2016

Photos Of The World's Water, Expressing Itself In Breathtaking Ways

January 6, 2016

An Afternoon with a 14-Foot Python Covered in Cash, Believed to be a Reincarnated Princess

January 5, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: Chinese Farmers Build Enormous, Golden Mao

January 5, 2016

FOUND: One Species of Worm With Five Different Mouth Shapes

January 5, 2016

Object of Intrigue: The Roses of Heliogabalus

January 5, 2016

The Most Viewed File in the FBI's Vault Has Nothing to Do With Roswell

January 5, 2016

Did Native Americans Bend These Trees to Mark Trails?

January 5, 2016

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The 19th-Century Law Behind the Oregon Standoff

January 4, 2016

FOUND: 4 New And Very Unstable Elements

January 4, 2016

The Twisted Things People Have Done For A Klondike Bar

January 4, 2016