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Bamboo
Today is World Bamboo Day. Few plants can rival bamboo’s extraordinary versatility.
12 hrs ago
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Referred to as the “Doomsday Vault”, the vault was established in 2008 to ensure the preservation of a wide variety of seeds from around the world…
Sep 16
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Karaoke
Not all karaoke stories are happy ones. Have you heard of the “My Way Killings”?
Sep 15
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Phineas Gage
A shocking workplace accident turned a 25-year-old railway foreman into an everlasting icon of neuroscience.
Sep 14
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Big Everyday Objects Art
Take an everyday object – and make it BIG. There’s no surer way to please the crowd.
Sep 13
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New Yorkistan
The best ever selling issue of “The New Yorker” magazine bore cover artwork that celebrated the diversity and mishmash of the city and all of its…
Sep 10
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Tickle Torture
Being tickled to death is not as funny as it sounds.
Sep 9
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Teddy Bear
Today is International Teddy Bear Day. [Ed: There’s a day for everything, am I right?] We get the idea of a toy bear, but why is it specifically a…
Sep 8
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Ampersand
Today is World Ampersand Day. Where did this odd little symbol come from?
Sep 7
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One Red Paperclip
Kyle MacDonald started with just a single red paperclip. A year later, he owned a house.
Sep 6
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What’s Daggy?
“Dag” (a person) and “daggy” (an adjective) are hard-to-define examples of Australian slang, and they can mean slightly different things to different…
Sep 3
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Capoeira
Capoeira is a cultural expression that fuses elements of martial arts, dance, music, acrobatics and spirituality. Enslaved Afro-Brazilians used Capoeira…
Sep 2
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