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Can trees talk to one another? Researchers believe it makes a lot of sense; now it’s teaching humans their language that’s the issue.
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Valentina Tereshkova, call name “Seagull” and the first woman in space, flew solo for 71 hours and circled Earth 48 times in her only trip into orbit...
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Women were once forced to go to more ridiculous and often times even dangerous lengths than they do...
Eating out can be an adventure for food lovers, but sometimes it’s not just about what’s on the menu...
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The pioneers that we now know as the Pilgrims were anxious, given many tales of vicious tribes, about...
Today I Learned
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The greatest pirate story ever told isn't the Pirates of the Caribbean movies; it has already...
What If
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