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Archaeologists working in northern Germany may have found one of the most important cities in Viking history—Sliasthorp, where once sat Scandanavian kings
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The Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado was the most destructive in the state's history
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Fracking can go ahead in North Carolina, all because one tired legislator pushed the wrong button
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July 5th, 1946 is classically regarded as the birth date of what we now call the bikini. But that version of history misses the long view
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The rage over CERN's font choice drives the question: How would the world have reacted to Newton's world-changing tome had Comic Sans existed at the time?
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Starting in 2015, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf will once again be available to German readers
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Yesterday, in the San Diego Bay, a fireworks show meant to last 17 minutes went off in 15 seconds
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