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What Are Ghost Guns and Why Are They So Dangerous?
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President Joe Biden announced new regulations surrounding ghost guns. What are these untraceable guns that allow a purchaser to assemble them from parts?
Why Saffron Is More Expensive Than Gold
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It takes up to 170,000 individual flowers to yield just 1 pound of saffron, and each individual strand, or stigma, is picked from the flower by hand.
What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre and Why Does it Still Haunt the City?
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Tulsa, Oklahoma was once home to 'Black Wall Street,' one of the wealthiest Black neighborhoods in the U.S. In 1921 it was burned to the ground in a race massacre.
Why Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Racism Exercise Is So Powerful
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Jane Elliott has been exposing racist thinking for more than 50 years using eye color. Some think her methodology is too harsh. She couldn't care less.
Why Chuck Yeager Was the Greatest Pilot of All Time
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Before Yeager did it, people thought it was impossible to break the sound barrier in flight. But he proved them wrong, even flying the plane while nursing two cracked ribs.
Why Your Baby Could Be Giving You Mommy Thumb
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New parents - especially new moms - are prone to an ailment known as mommy thumb. It's painful and real, but what is it and how is your baby causing it?
Why the Mint Julep Is the Official Drink of the Kentucky Derby
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The mint julep is as synonymous with the Kentucky Derby as big hats and seersucker suits. But how did this drink wind up at the world's most famous horse race?
Why Jim Thorpe Is Often Considered the Greatest Athlete of All Time
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Jim Thorpe overcame almost insurmountable obstacles, from a rough childhood to racial discrimination, to become one of the world's greatest athletes of all time.
Fallingwater Is Considered Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece. Here's Why
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Set over Bear Run, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River in the mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania, Fallingwater is perhaps the architect's best-known work.
Cyanosis: Why Your Fingers Turn Blue
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It might be OK for a Smurf to have blue fingers, but for the rest of us, it's something you don't want to see. Cyanosis is usually a sign of a bigger health problem.