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The Best Turquoise Is More Valuable Than Diamonds

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Cultures all over the world have treasured turquoise for its color and rarity for thousands of years - from Native American jewelry and Aztec and Mesoamerican art to King Tutankhamun's death mask.

How John Muir Helped Pave the Way for the National Park System

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Muir was personally involved in the creation of Yosemite, Sequoia, Mount Rainier, Petrified Forest and Grand Canyon national parks and earned the title of "Father of Our National Park System."

Shakespeare Wrote in Iambic Pentameter. But What Is That?

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William Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer used iambic pentameter in their works of literature. But what is iambic pentameter and how can you spot it?

How Crop Circles Work

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Are crop circles the work of alien visitors? Are they a natural phenomenon? Are they elaborate hoaxes perpetrated by some very dedicated humans? Learn how researchers try to separate the supernatural from the scientific.

How the MCAT Works

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The MCAT is the most brutal aspect of the medical school admissions process, but you can crack it with a little help. Learn about the MCAT.

Why Do We Get So Much Pleasure From Symmetry?

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Why do we love looking at a perfectly stacked display of soup cans or six flower petals around a stamen? Our brains seem wired for it -- but why?

15 Seemingly Simple Questions We Don't Know the Answer To

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The fields of sciences and mathematics are capable of some amazing things and answering some of the biggest and most puzzling questions on the planet. But what may shock you is that some of the most mundane and seemingly simple questions have no real confirmed answers from scientists. From how a bike works to how [...] The post 15 Seemingly Simple Questions We Don't Know the Answer To appeared first on Goliath.

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