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The late Supreme Court justice's collection includes novels, law books, notes and other documents dating back to her youth
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Users are sharing their game grids, which show how they played without spoiling the answer for others
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Eight gold and silver tubes might be the oldest known drinking straws, according to a new study from the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Starting next week, adults can pick up three free masks each at pharmacies, community centers and vaccination sites
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The gem known as the 'Enigma' is expected to fetch around $7 million at auction, though experts are skeptical of its cosmic origin
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Researchers on Earth, partnering with those on the International Space Station, are taking a novel approach to understanding the ways humans live in space
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Though there is no evidence of domestic animals passing the disease to humans, officials say they are acting out of caution
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City employees will spend an hour every night shining green lasers and playing corvid distress calls to humanely harass the birds into leaving
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Villa Aurora, valued at $533 million, failed to garner bids despite touting a rare ceiling fresco by the Baroque artist
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A cast of the prehistoric giant made a guest appearance from the actor's home office on ESPN's ManningCast
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The 13th-century gold penny found in southwestern Britain could sell for half a million at auction
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The bamboo-dwelling spider is so distinct from others that it's been declared a new genus and species
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Called a kunga, the donkey-like creature may have been considered a status symbol about 4,500 years ago
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Faith Ringgold's "For the Women’s House," which sought to inspire female inmates, will be relocated ahead of the jail complex's impending closure
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Fans donated thousands of dollars to local animal shelters on what would have been her 100th birthday
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In honor of the centennial of James Joyce's 'Ulysses,' a San Marino, California exhibition takes museumgoers on a literary journey
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The discovery could complicate long-term space travel, including future Mars missions
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A new show in London features 79 watercolors by the British royal
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NASA scientists compared the data to chemical signatures of biological processes on Earth and found some similarities to billion-year-old microbes
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Makers of the free encyclopedia spar over the categorization for non-fungible tokens, the relatively new phenomenon sweeping the digital art world
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