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Even generations of penguins refused to touch the concoction believed to have been brought south by the Terra Nova Expedition
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It is the longest time that Big Ben has been paused during its 157-year history
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The two leaders met in a warship off the coast of northern Canada to talk strategy
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Just hours after reaching its new home following a daring rescue, the lion gave birth to a healthy cub
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A mutant enzyme allows goldfish and carp to live in low oxygen ponds by turning toxic lactic acid into ethanol
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“Don’t Be A Sucker,” which was released in 1943, urged viewers to take a stand against divisive, prejudicial rhetoric
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Candy maker Yisrael Kristal survived Auschwitz and celebrated his bar mitzvah 100 years after turning 13
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Was there a Casey? Where did he strike out? Does it really matter?
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The global collaboration features five of the six surviving canvases
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The practice has surpassed burial rates for the second year in a row
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Over five decades, the German-born physician and nun treated thousand of patients and got the leprosy epidemic under control in Pakistan
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Fifteenth time’s the charm, evidently
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The works were “buried under piles of dust-covered antiques, paintings and drawings”
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Though it was a prison for more than a century, it didn't become the famous maximum-security penitentiary until 1934
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The author's alma mater will take over and maintain the Savannah-born author's final home
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Made from powdered organs, the flexible paper could be used as a sophisticated bandage during surgery
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The 13-million-year-old skull found in Kenya combines early ape and gibbon-like features
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The discovery of two flying squirrel-like fossils suggest mammal diversity began earlier than previously thought
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A zigzag pattern on an arm bone indicates around 15,000 years ago, humans in Britain may have consumed others as part of a funeral rite
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Though the moon will partially obscure the normally dazzling sight, the shower's peak is still worth a peek
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