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borders

Six Stories of Stunning Passports From Countries That No Longer Exist

Yesterday's bureaucracy is today's curiosity.
February 24, 2017
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chickens

College Partiers Are Being Investigated for Forcing a Rooster to Smoke

Things got out of hand at Helshoogte Residence's annual "chicken day" celebration.
February 24, 2017
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ghosts

A Small-Town Spanish Mayor is Being Asked to Exorcise a Government Building

Mayor Leandro Martín's office is being flooded with calls after a council member spotted a possible ghost in the town hall.
February 23, 2017
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planets

A Newly Identified, Tightly Packed Solar System Harbors the Best-Ever Possibility For Alien Life

"Questions about 'are we alone?' are being answered as we speak," said one researcher this afternoon.
February 22, 2017
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computers

Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

This is what happens when you tell an AI bot that everything is cats.
February 22, 2017
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seed banks

Seeds From Syria Are Returning to the Svalbard Vault

This marks the first successful use of the "doomsday" seed vault.
February 22, 2017
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fleeting wonders

Seattle's Jade Vine Is Almost as Cool as a Corpse Flower

It's the color of mint toothpaste, and will bloom through mid-March.
February 21, 2017
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hearts week

What We Can Learn From Pluto's Icy Heart

The celestial snowball's most stunning feature might be cold, but it sure isn't dead.
February 17, 2017
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hearts week

A Creek in Florida Turned Red Overnight

Residents are unhappy.
February 17, 2017
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fleeting wonders

A French Roadside Diner Accidentally Got a Michelin Star

It has since been inundated by excited gourmands.
February 17, 2017
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hearts week

The Surprisingly Stubborn Theory That Beethoven's Heartbeat Influenced His Music

For decades, doctors have been trying to use a few sonatas to diagnose the composer with cardiac arrhythmia.
February 16, 2017
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public works

A Philly Guy Filled a Crack in the Street With Sprinkles

The crack is about eight feet long.
February 16, 2017
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fleeting wonders

Murcia, Spain, Has a New Eel Staircase

Eels can use it to travel upstream.
February 15, 2017
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hearts week

A 17th-Century French Couple Traded Hearts Before Being Buried

Love beyond the grave.
February 14, 2017
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hearts week

What Animal Has the Weirdest Heart?

There's a lot of competition.
February 14, 2017
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mystery

'Missing' Sailors From the USS Turner May Have Been Buried After All

More than 70 years after the destroyer sank, the Department of Defense is officially looking for them.
February 13, 2017
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hearts week

The Original Seed Pod That May Have Inspired the Heart Shape

This historical botanical theory has its roots in ancient contraceptive practices.
February 13, 2017
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fleeting wonders

The World's Tallest Sandcastle Has Been Completed in India

It's 48 feet high.
February 10, 2017
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trucks

A Sheep Head Truck Spill Closed a Road in New Zealand

It was offal.
February 10, 2017
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hawaii

Hawaii's 'Lava Fire Hose' Is Back at It Again

It's been spurting candy-colored lava for over a month.
February 9, 2017
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escape routes

A 1902 Panther Escape Becomes Political

Ido Michaeli's new tapestry, "Black Panther Got Loose From the Bronx Zoo," brings allegory to a zoo breakout.
February 9, 2017
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pools

An Illinois Man Wants to Build the World's Deepest Swimming Pool

It would be used for underwater physical therapy.
February 8, 2017
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immigration

The Mystery of the World's Least American Cactus

How did Rhipsalis baccifera cross the ocean?
February 8, 2017
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refugees

The Little-Known Passport That Protected 450,000 Refugees

Between 1922 and 1938, the "Nansen Passport" allowed stateless people to make a new life.
February 7, 2017