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Researchers Examine Centuries-Old Flip-Flop Sandals on an Ancient Roman Mosaic
mymodernmet.com

Video: Why English is full of silent letters [22:54]
youtube.com

Only 10% of Earthquake Energy Shakes the Ground. Here’s What the Rest Does.
vice.com

Petrichor, the Smell of Rain, Has A Lot of Science Behind It
discovermagazine.com

A Quebec town so tiny, $50M lottery win makes 10% of residents multimillionaires
cbc.ca

‘If he can be found, every one of the users can be’: unmasking the man behind toxic gossip website Tattle Life
theguardian.com

Why L.A.’s Ultra Rich Are Choosing to Rent — for Six Figures a Month
hollywoodreporter.com

Alarming New Video Shows Robot Making Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions
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Sheet Music For Cats And Their Lovers : Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie, 1868
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Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers
arstechnica.com

Video: Can $340,000,000 rewrite history? [46:08]
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This ‘Grue Jay’ Hybrid Looks Cool as H#ll—but It’s a Warning Sign
gizmodo.com

The airliner pilot who gets to fly World War Two’s biggest bomber
bbc.com

Video: Everything That Went Wrong During The Wizard of Oz’s Seriously Troubled Production [30:58]
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This Drilled Cow Bone May Have Been an Ancient Egyptian Cop’s Whistle
smithsonianmag.com

Archaeologists Solved the Mystery of 6,000-Year-Old Dragon Stones. The Answer? A Cult.
popularmechanics.com

Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests
theguardian.com