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Green potatoes containing solanine are poisonous

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Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

Is it true that groups of lemmings jump off seaside cliffs to their deaths?

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe by Frederick T. Stuart, c. about 1845

Edgar Allan Poe’s death remains one of the great mysteries of American literature.

In late August 2016, sunlight returned to the Antarctic Peninsula and unveiled a rift across the Larsen C Ice Shelf that had grown longer and deeper over the austral winter

Researchers are hesitant to fix the blame on global warming.

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Navigating the nomenclature of the British Isles

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Chile mine rescue of 2010

Chile mine rescue of 2010, rescue of 33 workers from the San Jose gold and copper mine on October 13, 2010, 69 days after the mine’s collapse...

Our Days Are Numbered: 7 Crazy Facts About Calendars

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Mammalian Matters: Fact or Fiction?

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Biography

Walter Jackson Freeman II

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Walter Jackson Freeman II, American neurologist who, with American neurosurgeon James W. Watts, was responsible for introducing to the United...

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Animals: Fact or Fiction?

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The Great Depression Unemployed men queued outside a soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone The storefront sign reads 'Free Soup

5 of the World’s Most-Devastating Financial Crises

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The LIGO Laboratory operates two detector sites, one near Hanford in eastern Washington, and another near Livingston, Louisiana. This photo shows the Hanford detector site.

6 Amazing Facts About Gravitational Waves and LIGO

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Close-up of terracotta Soldiers in trenches, Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

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9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Chicken, (Gallus gallus), any of more than 60 breeds of medium-sized poultry that are primarily descended from the wild red jungle fowl...

“A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.”

SpaceX, American aerospace company founded in 2002 that helped usher in the era of commercial spaceflight. It was the first private company to successfully...

Advocacy for Animals

Action Alert from the National Anti-Vivisection Society

Take action to support two federal bills to improve living conditions for dogs at dealer facilities.

Alain Elkann Interviews

Alain has been writing a weekly interview column for the Italian newspaper La Stampa since 1989. His interviews celebrate some of the best known and successful personalities of the present day.

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