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National Bubble Wrap Day? Who Is Making Up These Weird Holidays?
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How the Great Compromise Saved a Fledgling United States
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Where Does Mauna Loa's Lava Come From?
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What Are Terpenes and Can They Benefit Your Health?
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Do You Have an Inner Voice? Not Everyone Does
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The Whitest Paint Ever Produced Could Save Energy, Fight Climate Change

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Did the Lost Continent of Lemuria Ever Exist?
How Cesar Chavez United Thousands of Farmworkers and Became a Civil Rights Icon

How Cesar Chavez United Thousands of Farmworkers and Became a Civil Rights Icon
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Hispanic or Latino? It’s Complicated
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5 Profound Insights From Lao-tzu, Founder of Taoism

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How to Tell How Old Your Dog Is
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The Freaky and Formidable Shoebill Stork Is One Strange Bird
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The Long-eared, Hopping Jerboa Is the Desert's Cutest Resident

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Google Easter Eggs: Sweet Treats Hidden in Plain Sight
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How Tetris Went From Soviet Mind Game to Smash Hit

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Water 'Witches' Pit Science Against Folklore in Search of Groundwater

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Chinese-American Actress Anna May Wong Fought Racism in Life and Onscreen
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What the Bechdel Test Says About Women in Film
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