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The latest in science, culture, and history from Smithsonian Channel.
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A Former Soviet Agent Becomes a Notorious Weapons Dealer
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May 11, 2020 |
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Why the Fastest Male Grizzlies Get the Girl
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May 11, 2020 |
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Why Vervet Monkeys Love Zambezi Fig Trees
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May 04, 2020 |
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This FBI Agent Sold Secrets to the KGB for Years
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May 04, 2020 |
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A Navy Warship Goes Down Weeks Before the End of WWII
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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A Shy Orangutan Shares Her Breakfast with a Friend
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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This Gun Was One of the Very First Machine Guns
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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This Salt Lick Doubles as a Reunion Spot for Elephants
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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Orangutan Creates an Umbrella Hat to Stay Dry
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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The FBI Investigates Soviet Deep-Cover Spies in America
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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British Intelligence Uncovers a Deadly Al-Qaeda Terror Plot
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Orangutans Need to Learn to Fear Snakes
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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The C-5 Galaxy Had a Catastrophic Design Flaw
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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How Lizards are Turning Our Knowledge of Evolution Upside Down
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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This Fighter Plane Landing Has Never Been Attempted
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Not All Baboon Babies Are Treated Nicely
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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A Happy Event Offers Promise for the Survival of Cheetahs
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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The Different Teams Involved in Testing the F-35B Lightning
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Aircraft Carrier Crew Face a Myriad of Risks Below Deck
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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This Rabbit Never Saw It Coming
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Winged Termites Looking to Mate Become Monkey Food
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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The Crew of the Lady Mary Face a Fight to Stay Alive
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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This Young Rhino is Crucial to the Revival of her Species
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Did Modifications to This Fishing Trawler Destabilize it?
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Was Icy Weather a Factor in This Plane's Fatal Crash?
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Undertaker Birds Defend Their Catch from an Eagle
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Did This Flight Crew Have the Training to Fly a Boeing 737?
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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How Baby Baboons Are Adept at Getting Around
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Why Habituation is a Dangerous Game for Conservationists
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Did Strong Crosswinds Cause This Plane to Abort Take Off?
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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These Baboon Couples Are Affectionate All Year Round
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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The Terrifying Physics of WWII Dive Bombing
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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A Herd of Elephants Interrupt a Feasting Lion Pride
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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A Passenger Faces Terrifying Choices on a Burning Ship
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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A Biologist Studies a New Species of Baboon
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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This Pilot Was the Unsung Hero of the Battle of Midway
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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Did This Pilot Lack the Training to Land at Guantanamo Bay?
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Playing Games Help Leopard Cubs Learn and Unwind
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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This Leopard is Waiting for the Perfect Moment to Strike
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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A Mystery Substance Wreaks Havoc on Flight 780
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Oxpeckers Take Advantage of Their Hippo Hosts
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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The F-35 and HMS Queen Elizabeth Were Made for Each Other
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Was This P-51 Mustang Modified to the Point of Instability?
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Why The Temperature of the Sea is Important for Sea Eagles
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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This Aircraft Pioneered Daylight Bombing Missions
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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The Intricate Skill That Goes Into Tracking a Rhino
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Investigators of Flight 821 Run into Multiple Dead Ends
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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A Disabled Orangutan Exhibits Shockingly Unusual Behavior
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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The 1930s Were Not a Good Time for the British Royal Family
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Orphan Chimp Learns the Skills He Needs to Survive
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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The Worst Air Disaster in Romanian History
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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These Elephants Refuse to Get Into their Transport Boxes
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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The Devastation Caused by the 2018 Fuego Eruption
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Baby Indian Rhinos are Serious Milk Guzzlers
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Why Wyoming Takes Women's Rights Seriously
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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A Plane Crashes After Takeoff in the Heart of Miami
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Three's a Crowd in this Orangutan Relationship
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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How Science Helps Preserve Longmen Grottoes
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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An Unusual Guest Arrives at This Orangutan Rescue Center
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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This Baby Orangutan Needs Treatment for Her Asthma
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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How the Common Cold Affected the Crew of Apollo 7
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Apollo 13's Intense Comms Blackout
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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How Fast Can Gibbons Swing Through the Forest?
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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A Moon Sample Reveals a Surprising Link to Earth
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Rainy Season Gives Baby Orangutans Their Own Waterpark
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Meet Alba, Borneo's Only Albino Orangutan
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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How Neil Armstrong Trained to Land the Lunar Module
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Why Plague Doctors Wore Strange Masks
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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The Secret to this Spanish Train’s Powerful Performance
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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People Believe in Witchcraft in this Corner of England
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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Sneaky Raccoon Dog Steals a Bird Egg
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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Are Dogs Really More Intelligent Than Cats?
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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Incredible African Rock Pythons Hatching
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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This Arabian Dog is Fast Enough to Catch a Gazelle
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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5 Kitchen Objects Inspired by NASA
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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A Hungry Bird Brutally Separates a Bee From Its Stinger
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Why Sand is the Secret Sauce for These Ecuadorian Trains
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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The Stunning Filming location of "The Horse Whisperer"
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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This New Zealand Train Line is a Panoramic Marvel
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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How Giraffe Spots Act Like a Natural Air Conditioner
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Did a Porcupine Kill This Young Lion?
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Why the Apollo 11 Crew Was Quarantined Upon Return
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Surreal Footage of British Life Under Nazi Occupation
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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The Best Time for a Male Vervet to Join a Troop
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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These Chicks Have to get Past a Beach of Hostile Seals
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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This State-of-the-Art Aircraft Carrier Relies on Old Technology
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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The Tragic Side Effects of a Baboon Leadership Battle
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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These British Fighter Planes Ruled the Skies of Dunkirk
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May 27, 2019 |
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This Unpleasant Royal Job Came with a Fancy Title
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May 20, 2019 |
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This Magical Train Ride Was Used in a Harry Potter Film
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May 20, 2019 |
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The Good Looks of These Monkeys May Be Their Downfall
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May 13, 2019 |
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Was This Beloved Queen of Britain a Drug User?
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May 13, 2019 |
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How One Picture Would Prove Black Holes Actually Exist
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May 06, 2019 |
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Admiring the Power and Innovation of a 747 Engine
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May 06, 2019 |
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How Magic Spells Played a Big Role in Rome's Chariot Races
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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The Unique Beauty of Yorkshire Dales Inspires Its Divine Nickname
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Scientists Reveal First-Ever Photograph of a Black Hole
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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The Staggering Number of Staff Needed for This Stately Home
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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This Scientist Has Been Studying Monkeys for Over 50 Years
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Why London Skyscrapers Are Famous for Their Distinctive Looks
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Who is the Mystery Woman in Benedict Arnold's Secret Letters?
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Why Peacocks Have Nothing on the Male Sage Grouse
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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These Wolves Are Clever Enough to Con a Group of Bears
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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The Cause of this Plane Crash Was Shrouded in Mystery
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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What Caused Flight 72 to Lose Control in 2008?
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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An Older Brown Bear Exerts His Dominance Over a Younger Rival
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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President Reagan is Stunned by the Scale of Soviet Espionage
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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A 1941 FBI Raid Reveals a Network of Japanese Spies in LA
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Why the 1918 Spanish Flu Probably Didn't Originate in Spain
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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A Chance Encounter With a Polar Bear and Her Two Cubs
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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How a Slave Girl's Confession Sparked a Witch Hunt in Salem
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Fascinating Footage of Naked Mole Rat Surviving Without Oxygen
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Was Flight MH17 Hit by a Meteor?
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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These Swimming Pigs Live a Cushy Lifestyle in the Bahamas
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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A Surprisingly Tense Battle Between a U.S. Sub and a Fishing Boat
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Data Reveals When Birds Are Most Likely to Hit a Plane
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Finding Out Why TransAsia Flight 222 Crashed
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Stunning Artifacts Found in a Charred Roman Temple
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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What Caused This 1980 Shipwreck to Tear Apart?
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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This Marilyn Monroe Dress Stole the Show at JFK's Birthday Party
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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The Origins of Modern-Day Yoga
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Is a Natural Birth Better For Your Baby?
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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The Horrifying Way Rome Dealt With Wartime Loss
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Sloths are Harder to Chase Than You Think
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Was Jack the Ripper Hiding in Plain Sight?
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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USS Indianapolis Crew Battled Sharks and Hallucinations
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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Was This Egyptian Pharaoh More Important Than We Thought?
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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What Hieroglyphics Say About the Women of Ancient Egypt
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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This Third Officer Docks His First MSC Oscar in Harsh Conditions
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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Meet the 24-Hour Code Crackers of World War II
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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A Honey Badger Barrels Through a Sharp Thorn Tree for Lunch
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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The Hagfish Is the Slimy Sea Creature of Your Nightmares
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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The F-4 Phantom Gets Put to the Test In Vietnam
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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A Honey Badger Cracks Open a Thick Ostrich Egg
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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Pocahontas Redefined How Europeans Saw Native Americans
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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Why the A400M is the Most Advanced Military Transport Plane
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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The First Submarine to Launch Rockets from its Deck
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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This Swedish King Built a Warship That Redefined Naval Combat
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Gelada Baboon Reacts to Being Cheated on With Fury
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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The Volcanoes That Still Threaten New Zealand's Safety
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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This Giraffe Risks Everything by Drinking in Lion Territory
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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Rare Vintage Footage Captures Innocence of Pre-War Hawaii
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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Do Naked Mole Rats Have Hair?
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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This Badly Damaged German U-Boat Can't Dive for Cover
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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The Trick to Finding a Partner as a Peacock
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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How Napalm Bombs Intensified U.S. Attacks During WWII
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Why Los Angeles Is One of the Best Places to Film
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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The Most Powerful Tornado Recorded on Earth
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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Why the U.S. Military Pushed $10 Million Worth of Helicopters Overboard
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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Two Cheetah Clans Fight to the Death
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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Were Lithium Batteries the Cause of This Plane Crash?
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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Why Al Capone Wasn't Your Typical Discreet Gangster
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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A Submarine Dangerously Tests How Deep It Can Go
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Aug 27, 2018 |
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How FDR Took the First Steps Towards Ending Prohibition
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Aug 27, 2018 |
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana's Bitter Press Feud
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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This Chinese Emperor Was Betrayed by His Mother's Lover
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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This Interview Strategy Led a Serial Killer to Confess
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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Why Is This Lizard Doing Push-Ups?
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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The Moment Lincoln Realized the Military Power of Railroads
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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The Deadly Attempt to Assassinate Qin Shi Huang
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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Does China's Only Female Emperor Deserve Her Bad Rap?
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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The Incredible Reptiles That Flew 200 Million Years Ago
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Watch Two King Cobras Romance Each Other
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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How Yellowstone Scientists Really Combat Invasive Species
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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What's the Waggle Dance? And Why Do Honey Bees Do It?
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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Footage of the Alarming Moments Before the Everest Avalanche
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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This Forensics Test Brought a Serial Killer to Justice
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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Aerial Views of Eco-Friendly Homes in New Mexico
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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Why the Assassin Bug More Than Lives Up to Its Name
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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This African Warrior Ceremony Was Highly Intimidating
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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Gladiators Didn't Die As Often As You Think
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Photographer Witnesses Final Moments Before Plane Crash
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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This Mountain Lion Hides Her Kills in Abandoned Ranches
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May 28, 2018 |
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The Meaning Behind Indian Henna Designs
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May 28, 2018 |
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Watch a Man Snatch an Angry Cobra With His Bare Hands
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May 21, 2018 |
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Runaway Slaves Built This Fort to Defend Their Freedom
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May 14, 2018 |
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How Yosemite Became the Setting of a Chaotic 1970 Riot
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May 14, 2018 |
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Princess Diana Knew Exactly How to Be Photographed
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May 07, 2018 |
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Why This Rolls-Royce Starlight Feature Costs $12,000
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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Lioness Underestimates the Strength of an Impala
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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Queen Elizabeth II on the Ride to the Coronation
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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A Honey Badger and Mole Snake Fight to the Death
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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Turtle Hatchlings Face Death While Dashing to Ocean
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Apr 16, 2018 |
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Don't Be Jealous of These Oyster-Slurping Beach Monkeys
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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How Americans Found a Clever Loophole in the Prohibition Act
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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Could Lab-Bred Super Coral Save Our Reefs?
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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One of the Worst Man-Made Disasters in History
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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Intense Footage of Kamikaze Attacks During WWII
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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Never-Before-Seen Footage of Clownfish Hatching
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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These Men Risked Their Lives to Build 1920s New York Skyscrapers
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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Is This the Reason Ireland Converted to Christianity?
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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Incredible Timelapse of Dry Badlands Thunderstorm
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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Why Nancy Reagan's Sense of Style Wasn't Appreciated
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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The First Presidential Wife to Be Called the First Lady
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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The Amazing Adaptation That Keeps Tamarin Numbers Up
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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Gladiator Teeth Reveal Signs of Infant Malnourishment
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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These Feisty Female Lemurs Fight With Babies on Their Backs
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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These Assassins Were the Nazi's Last-Ditch Effort
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Here's Exactly How Shrunken Heads Are Made
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Scientists Recreate a Stone Age Cremation
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Feb 12, 2018 |
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What Elephants Endure When Used as Tourist Attractions
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Feb 12, 2018 |
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This Is the Jewelry Worn by Vintage Hollywood Movie Stars
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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Incredible: A Gaboon Viper Strikes a Bird in Slo-Mo
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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How the "Babe" in Babe Ruth Came About
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Jan 29, 2018 |
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This Hero Rallied Wounded USS Indianapolis Survivors
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Jan 29, 2018 |
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Was That Bigfoot? Your Brain May Be Tricking You
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Jan 22, 2018 |
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This Brave Student Captured the Mount St. Helens Blast
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Jan 22, 2018 |
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Women Were Some of the Fiercest Samurai Warriors Ever
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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This Lion Couple Mates Over 100 Times a Day
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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Why It's So Risky Docking a Ship in This Jamaican Port
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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How NASA Cut Costs With a New Kind of Spacecraft
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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Chilling Footage of the 1989 Cypress Freeway Collapse
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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How the Largest Earthwork in the Western Hemisphere Was Built
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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Why Do Insects Hate the Smell of Peppermint?
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Dec 25, 2017 |
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Gay or Straight? Show Me Your Fingers
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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A Cruise Ship Chef Hunts for Big Fish. Will He Succeed?
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Dec 04, 2017 |
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Were Sacrificial Rituals Performed in These Bogs?
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Dec 04, 2017 |
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Elephants Can Afford to Be Picky About This Kind of Fruit
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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Did Nazis Hide Loot Beneath This Giant Polish Castle?
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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How Princess Diana Prepared Her Son for the Paparazzi
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Nov 20, 2017 |
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Why This 1969 Royal Family Documentary Was Pulled Off Air
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Nov 13, 2017 |
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Tracking Plant and Animal DNA Can Transform Science
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Nov 06, 2017 |
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The Devastating Fire That Left Windsor Castle in Shambles
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Nov 06, 2017 |
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The Moon Landing Was the Television Event of the Decade
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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The Devastating 1926 Hurricane that Halted the Growth of Miami
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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This Air Force Bomber Can Hold 70,000 Lbs. in Weapons
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Oct 23, 2017 |
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How NYC Women Stayed Safe from the Son of Sam Killer
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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One of the Toughest Foes a Submarine Could Battle
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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This Man Is the Father of Modern American Suburbia
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Oct 09, 2017 |
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Why the U.S. Army Guarded the 23 Remaining American Buffalo
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Oct 09, 2017 |
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These Are the Final Moments of Amelia Earhart on the Ground
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Oct 02, 2017 |
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Prohibition Inspired a New Generation of Rebellious Women
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Sep 25, 2017 |
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Hammerheads Can Hear Injured Fish From a Mile Away
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Sep 25, 2017 |
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These WWI Ambulance Trains Could Care for 500 Men at Once
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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Why These Vegetarian Monkeys Have Sharp Predator Teeth
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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U.S. Marines' First Test Against Japanese Defenses on Okinawa
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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This Terrifying Spider Hunts Fish Underwater
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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Why Do These Monkeys Have Such Outrageous Noses?
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Sep 04, 2017 |
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Why Pocahontas May Not Have Rescued John Smith After All
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Sep 04, 2017 |
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The Reason This South American Tribe Shrunk Their Enemies' Heads
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Aug 28, 2017 |
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A Checklist That Might Tell If You're a Psychopath
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Aug 28, 2017 |
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The Egyptian Pharaoh With the Biggest Ego
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Aug 21, 2017 |
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Meet the Echidna, an Incredible, Fire-Proof Spiny Anteater
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Aug 21, 2017 |
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Nostradamus May Have Gotten Your Zodiac Sign Wrong
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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Some Very Compelling Evidence the Tower of Babel Was Real
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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The Ocean Is Running Out of Fish. Here's the Alarming Math.
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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The Real Culprit of an Ancient Egyptian Plague Was... Bread?
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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How Krispy Kreme Became a National Treasure
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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These Cable Cars Transformed Medellin Into a Cultural Mecca
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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This Vet Went from Admiring Jane Goodall to Working With Her
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Jul 18, 2017 |
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How Coffee Breaks Became a Staple of American Life
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Jul 17, 2017 |
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This Is What 'Moving Day' Means for a Houseboat
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Jul 12, 2017 |
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Surprise: Gladiators Were Vegetarians
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Jul 10, 2017 |
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In Haiti, One Man's Trash is Another's Art Supplies
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Jul 10, 2017 |
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The First Step to Shipping a Chopper? Remove the Blades.
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Jul 03, 2017 |
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Intense Footage of Fake Towns Used for 1950s Nuclear Tests
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Jul 03, 2017 |
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Why 10 Daily Tons of Ant Poop Keep This Rainforest Thriving
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Jun 26, 2017 |
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Lionfish Are a Plague. Can Training Sharks to Eat Them Work?
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Jun 19, 2017 |
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How 1950s Las Vegas Sold Atomic Bomb Tests as Tourism
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Jun 16, 2017 |
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Unleashing the Historic Gatling Gun on a Watermelon Line-Up
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Jun 12, 2017 |
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Letters Reveal Ben Franklin's International Social Network
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Jun 05, 2017 |
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What Maximum Security Meant for Ancient Tomb Raiders
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May 18, 2017 |
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The Taj Mahal Was Really Built for Love
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May 08, 2017 |
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This Was the Birth of DNA Profiling
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May 08, 2017 |
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The Entire Bay of Santorini Is an Active Volcanic Crater
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May 01, 2017 |
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The Extraordinary Life Cycle of a Hornet Colony
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Apr 28, 2017 |
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These Are the Three Main Categories of Bloodstain Pattern
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Apr 24, 2017 |
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A Coconut Octopus Uses Tools to Snatch a Crab
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Apr 24, 2017 |
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The Only Live News Report from the Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Apr 17, 2017 |
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World's Biggest Spider Gobbles Down an Unsuspecting Lizard
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Apr 17, 2017 |
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The Strange Link Between Bats and Tequila
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Apr 10, 2017 |
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Why the Templar Secret Rituals Were So Controversial
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Apr 10, 2017 |
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The Horrifying True Story Behind the Movie 'Scream'
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Apr 03, 2017 |
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Komodo Dragons Can Taste Their Prey From Miles Away
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Apr 03, 2017 |
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Why Humans Still Can't Live on Mars (Yet)
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Mar 28, 2017 |
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How Vampire Bats Suck Blood for 30 Minutes Unnoticed
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Mar 27, 2017 |
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Incredible: This Underwater Spider Has an Actual Scuba Tank
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Mar 20, 2017 |
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Was This Hidden Tunnel Used by the Knights Templar?
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Mar 20, 2017 |
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The First Female Accordion Player to Win the Vallenato Kings Festival
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Mar 13, 2017 |
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The Vital Message Hank Aaron Took from Jackie Robinson
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Mar 13, 2017 |
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What David Hockney's Brilliant Collages Reveal About Photos
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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How Wallis Simpson Infiltrated British Royalty
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Feb 20, 2017 |
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A Lucky Break for a Starving Polar Bear Mom and Her Cub
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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The Ultimate Rococo Monument: Dolmabahce Palace
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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Spectacular Footage of a Butterfly Leaving Its Cocoon
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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The Nazi Engineer Who Created the First Ballistic Missile
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Jan 30, 2017 |
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An Angry Hippo Charges a Trespassing Lion
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Jan 30, 2017 |
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Hippo Climbs Down a Steep Cliff...With Difficulty
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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Yes, Spiders Eat Spiders
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Jan 16, 2017 |
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Why Tomb Raiders Treated This Priceless Gem Like Trash
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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How Easy Company Incredibly Captured Two German Howitzers
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Dec 19, 2016 |
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A Hungry Snake Finds a Whole Colony of Sociable Weavers
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What Being in a Submarine Under Attack Would Be Like
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Dec 12, 2016 |
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Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols on Uhura's Radical Impact
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Dec 05, 2016 |
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Were the Women of Petra More Important Than Men?
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Dec 05, 2016 |
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This Paratrooper's Jump Into Enemy Territory Was a Disaster
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Nov 28, 2016 |
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Two Giant Killer Hornet Colonies Fight to the Death
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Nov 28, 2016 |
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How the Thinnest Burmese Gold Leaf Is Made
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Nov 21, 2016 |
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What Gladiator School Was Like
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Nov 21, 2016 |
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Could You Carry 100 Pounds of Patrol Gear?
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Nov 14, 2016 |
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Did Atlantis Really Have Indoor Plumbing?
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Nov 14, 2016 |
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Mary Beard on Pompeii's Showiest Family
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Nov 07, 2016 |
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What Really Happened to Wilt Chamberlain's 100-Point Ball?
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Oct 31, 2016 |
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Could Star Trek's Invisibility Cloak Become a Reality?
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Oct 24, 2016 |
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Cameras Capture a Hornet Hatching Up-Close
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Oct 24, 2016 |
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Laser Scientists Are Developing Star Trek's Phaser
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Oct 17, 2016 |
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Why Do Giraffes Have Patches?
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Oct 03, 2016 |
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Wu Zetian's Bold Move at the Spectacular Longmen Grottoes
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Oct 03, 2016 |
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How to Unroll a Dead Sea Scroll Without Destroying It
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Sep 26, 2016 |
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Was Greek Goddess Aphrodite Inspired by Eastern Ideas?
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Sep 26, 2016 |
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The Injury That Almost Ruined Secretariat's Triple Crown
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Sep 19, 2016 |
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Pompeii's Graffiti: An Ancient Form of Social Media
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Sep 12, 2016 |
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Why Pauline de Rothschild Had the Best Taste
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Sep 05, 2016 |
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Lou Gehrig's Toughest Day in Yankee Stadium
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Sep 05, 2016 |
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The Real Way Komodo Dragons Kill Prey
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Aug 29, 2016 |
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These Snake Bite Wound Photos Are Not for the Squeamish
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Aug 22, 2016 |
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Hammerhead vs. Stingray
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Aug 22, 2016 |
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Bat-Eared Foxes Can Astoundingly Hear Insects Digging Underground
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Aug 15, 2016 |
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General Lee's Personal Connection to Arlington Cemetery
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Aug 15, 2016 |
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How Did a Grizzly Bear Get on California's Flag?
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Aug 15, 2016 |
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The Stealthy U-Boat Attack That Crippled Britain
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Aug 05, 2016 |
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The Best Rock Pillar for Sport Climbing
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Jul 25, 2016 |
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Zorro Wasn't Mexican or Spanish, But...Irish?
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Jul 25, 2016 |
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Does 'The Last Supper' Really Have a Hidden Meaning?
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Jul 18, 2016 |
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Did Muhammad Ali Throw His Gold Medal Into the Ohio River?
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Jul 18, 2016 |
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This Is Martha, the World's Last-Known Passenger Pigeon
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Jul 11, 2016 |
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Can Tree Rings Explain the Demise of a Lost Civilization?
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Jul 11, 2016 |
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The Greatest Sports Moment in Los Angeles History
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Jul 04, 2016 |
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Muhammad Ali's Brother on Racism and the Medal Myth
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Jul 04, 2016 |
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Jason Isbell Hears the Lost Lyrics to 'This Land Is Your Land'
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Jun 27, 2016 |
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Why This Pharaoh Is Considered Egypt's Greatest
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Jun 27, 2016 |
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Female Mantises Eat and Mate With Their Suitors at Once
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Jun 20, 2016 |
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Why You Should Know the Prolific Princess of Paleontology
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Jun 20, 2016 |
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Magnificent Leaf Homes Woven by Australian Green Ants
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Jun 13, 2016 |
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Where Has the Iconic Miracle on Ice Flag Gone?
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Jun 13, 2016 |
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How One Man's Rage Sealed The Fate of 43 Plane Passengers
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Jun 06, 2016 |
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Was King Tut's Tomb Built for a Woman?
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Jun 06, 2016 |
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This Bug Wears Its Victims' Carcasses as Camouflage
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May 30, 2016 |
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How the Fastest Animal on Earth Attacks Its Prey
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May 30, 2016 |
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How a U.S. Veteran Held off More Than 35 Enemy Soldiers
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May 23, 2016 |
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How Psychological Warfare Scared German Troops
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May 23, 2016 |
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The Secret Behind the Sparkle
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May 09, 2016 |
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Braveheart Was Much More Than an Average Joe
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May 03, 2016 |
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Flamethrower vs. Spider Trench
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May 02, 2016 |
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The Woman That Swept Lou Gehrig Off His Feet
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Apr 11, 2016 |
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Why This Hiroshima Survivor Believes in Forgiveness
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Apr 11, 2016 |
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Slo-Mo Footage of a Bumble Bee Dislodging Pollen
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Apr 04, 2016 |
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Hank Aaron's Boundary-Shattering 715th Home Run
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Apr 04, 2016 |
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Why You Should Take the Honey Bee Shortage Seriously
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Mar 28, 2016 |
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Are Alpha Male Elephants Gentler Than We Thought?
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Mar 21, 2016 |
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Here's a Glimpse of What American Life Used to Be
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Mar 21, 2016 |
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Investigating How Mt. Vesuvius's Victims Died
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Mar 14, 2016 |
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These Adorable Foxes Are Ruthless Hunters
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Mar 07, 2016 |
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Why You Should Avoid the Arctic in Summer
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Feb 29, 2016 |
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Polar Bear Carcass-Eating Etiquette
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Feb 22, 2016 |
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Meet the First Self-Made Female Millionaire
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Feb 22, 2016 |
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The Affair that Financially Ruined Gloria Swanson
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Feb 15, 2016 |
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This Color-Changing Mutant Has Three Hearts
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Feb 08, 2016 |
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Hitler and Eva Braun's Disturbing Wedding
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Feb 08, 2016 |
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High Speed Footage of Samurai Instincts
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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Incredible: A Caracal Slaps Down a Bird in Flight
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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This Inventor Risked His Life on His Own Invention
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Jan 25, 2016 |
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Why Would Someone Fake a Mummy's Gun Wound?
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Jan 18, 2016 |
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MLK's Last Speech
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Jan 11, 2016 |
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Ridiculous Planthopper Nymphs in Action
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Jan 11, 2016 |
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Why Did This Flight Crash? Listen to Its Engine...
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Jan 04, 2016 |
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The Dangers, Profits, and Effects of Fracking
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Jan 04, 2016 |
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Why Few Survive a Climb Up Alaska's Frigid Denali
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Dec 28, 2015 |
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A Pilot Risks His Career to Report a UFO
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Dec 14, 2015 |
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Why Would a Race Car Driver Ever Invent Speeding Cameras?
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Dec 14, 2015 |
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How Was Hitler's Enigma Machine Cracked?
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Dec 07, 2015 |
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What's Powerful Enough to Disrupt Evolution?
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Dec 07, 2015 |
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Amazing Archival Footage of Parachuting Military Dogs
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Nov 23, 2015 |
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Was the Krak des Chevaliers Castle Entrance a Lethal Trap?
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Nov 23, 2015 |
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Even Lincoln Jumped Careers Before Choosing Politics
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Nov 16, 2015 |
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Is This UFO Photo Real? An Expert Weighs In.
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Nov 16, 2015 |
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Hozier on His Biggest Musical Influence
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Nov 09, 2015 |
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Microdots: The CIA's Tiny Secret-Message Holders
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Nov 09, 2015 |
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How the Biggest Airlift in History Saved West Berlin
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Nov 02, 2015 |
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Does This Wild West Mummy Have a Secret?
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Nov 02, 2015 |
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How Waves Could've Created the Loch Ness Monster
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Nov 02, 2015 |
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Did You Know Assault Drones Were Used in WWII?
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Nov 02, 2015 |
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Is Nazi Gold Really Buried in These Hills?
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Oct 26, 2015 |
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A Chinook Takes Fire During a Vietnam Rescue Mission
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Oct 19, 2015 |
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Can Your Memories Be Altered?
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Oct 19, 2015 |
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What's This Moschino Collection Worth?
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Oct 12, 2015 |
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This Aircraft Is a Marvel of Electronic Warfare
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Oct 12, 2015 |
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How the U.S. Government Lost the Smithsonian Fortune
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Oct 05, 2015 |
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An Intense Blackhawk Rescue Mission in Peril
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Oct 05, 2015 |
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The Shocking Events Leading Up to Lincoln's Assassination
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Sep 28, 2015 |
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This Is How a No-Fly Zone Actually Gets Enforced
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Sep 28, 2015 |
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The Mystery Behind Pilot Steve Fossett's Deadly Crash
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Sep 21, 2015 |
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Could Bigfoot Actually Be a Grizzly Bear?
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Sep 14, 2015 |
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This Bee Works 50 Times Harder than the Honey Bee
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Sep 07, 2015 |
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A Film Crew Unleashes 40,000 Killer Bees on Itself
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Aug 31, 2015 |
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The 1960s Conspiracy That Inspired Spielberg
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Aug 31, 2015 |
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Surviving a Surface-to-Air Missile Attack in Iraq
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Aug 24, 2015 |
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What Secrets Lie in The Hope Diamond?
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Aug 10, 2015 |
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The Bond Between Soldiers and Dogs of War
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Aug 10, 2015 |
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Why Jack the Ripper's Identity May Soon Be Proven
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Aug 03, 2015 |
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Harrowing Accounts from Hiroshima Survivors
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Aug 03, 2015 |
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An Unexpectedly Adorable Polar Bear Reunion
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Jul 27, 2015 |
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Who Really Invented Monopoly?
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Jul 27, 2015 |
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Your Baby Stroller Was Designed by This Aerospace Engineer
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Jul 20, 2015 |
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Amazing: Leopard Rockets Up a Tree to Catch Owls
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Jul 20, 2015 |
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The Crime of the Century
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Jul 13, 2015 |
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Ride into Space with This Record-Breaking Amateur Rocket
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Jul 13, 2015 |
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Goliath Tigerfish: The Super-Sized Piranha
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Jul 06, 2015 |
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Is the Inca Maiden the World's Best-Preserved Mummy?
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Jul 06, 2015 |
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Why the Yellowstone Supervolcano Could Be Huge
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Jun 29, 2015 |
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Frogsicles: Frozen But Still Alive
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Jun 29, 2015 |
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The Fighter Plane Powerful Enough to Destroy a Satellite in Space
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Jun 22, 2015 |
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You Won't Believe What the First Toothbrush Was Made of
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Jun 15, 2015 |
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Why Genghis Khan Has 16 Million Living Relatives
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Jun 15, 2015 |
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The Rollercoaster Was Invented to Save America from Satan
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Jun 01, 2015 |
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Why Does This Ancient Corpse Have a Manicure?
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Jun 01, 2015 |
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This Frog's Poison Can Kill 10 Men
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May 18, 2015 |
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Why the Town of Lalibela is One of Ethiopia's Holiest Sites
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May 11, 2015 |
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This Sidewinding Snake Slithers at 18 MPH
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May 04, 2015 |
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A River that Decides Tax Rates
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May 04, 2015 |
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Why Vietnam POWs Refused This CIA Rescue Mission
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Apr 27, 2015 |
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This Photograph Could Be Older Than the Camera Obscura
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Apr 27, 2015 |
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Is This Dolphin Speaking English?
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Apr 20, 2015 |
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What It Takes to Truck Oil 14 Hours a Day
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Apr 13, 2015 |
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Who Was King Tut's Father?
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Apr 06, 2015 |
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How Hitler Launched His Fortune From Prison
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Apr 06, 2015 |
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John Wilkes Booth's Original Plan to Save the South
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Mar 23, 2015 |
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F-15 vs. Alien Tripod: Who Would Win?
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Mar 16, 2015 |
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Trusting a Lion with Your Life
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Mar 09, 2015 |
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Why Do Hyenas Laugh?
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Mar 02, 2015 |
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Baby Wildebeest Treats Lioness Like Mom
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Feb 16, 2015 |
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This Pilot Didn't Know Left from Right
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Feb 02, 2015 |
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The Real Reason You Might've Outgrown Your Wedding Ring
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Feb 02, 2015 |
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Why the African Bullfrog IS NOT to Be Trifled With
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Jan 26, 2015 |
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Could You Have Endured Consuelo Vanderbilt's Upbringing?
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Jan 19, 2015 |
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A Mongoose and Black Mamba Fight to the Death
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Jan 12, 2015 |
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A Battle of Lavish Ball Gowns and Sparkling Wit
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Jan 05, 2015 |
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This Animal is Inspiring Prosthetic Design
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Dec 29, 2014 |
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Two Leopards Battle, But Only One Can Survive
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Dec 22, 2014 |
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How a Diphtheria Outbreak Spawned the Iditarod
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Dec 22, 2014 |
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Amy Winehouse Shares Her Favorite Jazz Icons
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Dec 15, 2014 |
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1,000 Years Old, But Still the Largest Reservoir on Earth
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Dec 08, 2014 |
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The Chemicals Found in Breast Milk Will Shock You
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Nov 26, 2014 |
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This Mammoth Carcass is Over 40,000 Years Old
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Nov 24, 2014 |
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A Powerful Great White Shark Tries to Flip a Boat
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Nov 17, 2014 |
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The Invention That Gave Us This Clip Title
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Nov 10, 2014 |
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Why Do Lions Roar?
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Nov 10, 2014 |
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America's First Multimillionaire
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Nov 03, 2014 |
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A Look Inside This See-Through Frog
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Nov 03, 2014 |
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How to Achieve Flawless Beauty
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Oct 13, 2014 |
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Why Is This Amphibian Called Vomit Frog?
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Oct 13, 2014 |
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Who Decided to Put 60 Seconds in a Minute?
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Oct 06, 2014 |
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Building Up Blondie's Heart of Glass
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Sep 29, 2014 |
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Uncovering the Unusual Burial Rituals at Stonehenge
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Sep 22, 2014 |
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This Video Exposes Hitler's Secret Illness
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Sep 22, 2014 |
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The Emotional Crowning of the New World Trade Center
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Sep 08, 2014 |
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Who Built the Great Sphinx?
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Sep 08, 2014 |
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The Real-Life Lady Who Inspired Wonder Woman
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Aug 25, 2014 |
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This Eel's Second Jaw Delivers the Death Blow
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Aug 11, 2014 |
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Mongoose Vs. Cobra
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Aug 11, 2014 |
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Martian Living Quarters
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Aug 04, 2014 |
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Serval Vs. Guinea Fowl
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Jul 28, 2014 |
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This Is the Rover of the Future
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Jul 28, 2014 |
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Watch an Elephant Try to Shake a Leopard Out of a Tree
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Jul 21, 2014 |
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A Crucial Step to Landing on the Moon
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Jul 14, 2014 |
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Burning $350,000 Worth of Fuel in 500 Seconds
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Jul 07, 2014 |
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What Happened to Christopher McCandless
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Jul 07, 2014 |
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Surviving a 198 MPH Car Crash
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Jun 23, 2014 |
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Incredible Footage of Killer Whales Playing Underwater
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Jun 16, 2014 |
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Something Ate This Shark... but What?
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Jun 16, 2014 |
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A Black Mamba Baby's First Kill
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Jun 09, 2014 |
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A Live Shark Is Worth 1,000 Times More Than a Dead One
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May 26, 2014 |
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Trace Adkins on Wartime Country Music
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May 19, 2014 |
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You've Never Seen a Shark Feeding Frenzy Like This
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May 12, 2014 |
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The One Part of The Brain That Scientists Cannot Replicate
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May 12, 2014 |
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A Leopard's Cruel Kill
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May 05, 2014 |
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The Texts That Rocked the Foundations of Christianity
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Apr 28, 2014 |
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Hippo Vs. Lions
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Apr 21, 2014 |
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Astronauts Discuss Looking at Earth from Above
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Apr 14, 2014 |
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Uncovering a Nazi Submarine Off the Coast of Brazil
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Apr 07, 2014 |
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Giant Panda Cub Bao Bao Is Growing Up Fast
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Mar 24, 2014 |
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The Inspiration Behind "One Way or Another"
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Mar 10, 2014 |
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These Adorable Cubs Have Big Personalities
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Mar 03, 2014 |
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This Impressive Idaho Waterfall Is Taller Than Niagara
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Mar 03, 2014 |
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This Brave Little Dog Survived in The North Pole
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Feb 24, 2014 |
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The Best View of the Grand Canyon
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Feb 24, 2014 |
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Why Should You Remember the Alamo?
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Feb 17, 2014 |
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What These Crabs Can Teach Us About Sex
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Feb 11, 2014 |
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On the Shores of the Great Lakes
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Feb 10, 2014 |
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System Crash on the World's Largest Passenger Jet
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Dec 11, 2013 |
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Two Lion Cubs Get a Lesson in Sharing
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Dec 11, 2013 |
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How to Train Like a Samurai
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Dec 11, 2013 |
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Could You Survive Three M16 Bullets to the Chest?
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Dec 11, 2013 |
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How This Flying Car Helps an Indigenous Tribe
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Dec 11, 2013 |