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There are 96 cell phones for every 100 people
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You can tell a whole lot about the score from the wrinkles on a forehead, the slouch of shoulders and the jittering of hands
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The EU and Brazil are partnering to lay new fiber-optic cables across the Atlantic
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According to science, beards are more attractive. Good thing you can buy one at the doctor's office.
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The more afraid of spiders you are, the bigger they seem to be
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Over the past twenty years, cases of the MERS virus might have gone undetected in infected humans
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It’s about time the door industry got a little more exciting
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Those who do not conceive after 10 months receive funds for infertility tests from either a public pool they contributed to or from their employer
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A giant, kitschy tourist attraction has disappeared from the Australian town of Bowen
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From encryption apps to encrypted phones, telecommunications companies are pushing back
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U.S. condo building picked up this idea, and now Naples is spreading it across a city
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A tiny zircon from western Australia is 4.4 billion years old
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The viewer feels both the frustration of insomnia, and the pleasant lull of the melatonin
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From Nine Inch Nails to Justin Bieber, nearly everybody has sampled this song
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Since its construction, the mausoleum has been filled with 73 bodies. Only one of them is a woman.
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Last time someone tried this, the entire team wound up dying from the cold
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Somebody should get a “smart businesswoman” badge
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Handbags have been popular for millennia, but usually we don't find them all in one piece.
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French beret makers are facing a continuous drop in demand—plus cheaper imitations from China, India and the Czech Republic
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