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Savannah Cat Hybrids Are Gorgeous, Energetic and Expensive
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What do you get when you mix a domestic cat with a wild African serval cat? You get a Savannah cat, which turns out to be a very beautiful but very controversial kitty.
What People Get Wrong About Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Rosa Parks didn't refuse to move from her bus seat because her feet were tired. "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in," she said.
Cash for Teeth: The Legend of the Tooth Fairy
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HowStuffWorks looks at the origins of the tooth fairy.
Is It a Fox on Stilts? Nope, It's a Maned Wolf!
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The maned wolf might as well be called a werewolf given its name. You see it's more fox than wolf, and yet it's neither. HowStuffWorks explains.
Why Frederick Douglass Was the Father of the Civil Rights Movement
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Frederick Douglass spent the first 15 years of his life as a slave but rose to become a famous orator and abolitionist.
The Watery World of the Monster Anaconda
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HowStuffWorks gets to know the anaconda, the largest snake in the world.
Botflies Are Nasty Parasites That Get Under Your Skin
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If you've never seen a botfly, it looks rather harmless. Until it lays its eggs inside a living host. HowStuffWorks talks about when things get gross.
Why Are We Still Talking About Plato 2,100 Years Later?
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Plato, who died around 347 B.C.E., laid the groundwork for Western philosophical thought. But what did he say that's was so remarkable?
How the Pledge of Allegiance Went from Marketing Ploy to Classroom Staple
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The Pledge of Allegiance started as just part of a marketing campaign to sell flags. But along the way, it became something much much bigger.
The Stratosphere Is Home to Earth's Ozone Layer
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The stratosphere is one of Earth's five atmospheric layers that also includes the troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.