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Mt. Erebus in Antarctica
Erebus. It's a good name for the volcano. In Greek myth Erebus was the son of the god Chaos, and his mother was Gaia, or Earth. Erebus was made of darkness and shadow, and he filled the corners of the...
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The Quest To Make New York City Stop Killing Birds
A hawk is captured on camera, zeroing in on a drone. (Photo: Day Donaldson/flickr)Recently, in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, two red-tailed hawks were spotted swooping and diving above one of the meadows,...
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Haughton Impact Crater in Canada
Roughly 23 million years ago, a large rock hit the earth near in what is now Northern Canada.The Haughton Crater is one of the world's northernmost impact craters, and about the closest thing to Mars...
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Working At A Cookie Factory Ruined Cookies For Me Forever
(Photo: Vic/flickr)I've done a lot of strange things to make money. I've picked strawberries, mopped the floors of a McDonald's, waited tables at a stuffy family restaurant, and passed plates of tiny...
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I Took a Mistletoe Drone to Holiday Parties
The Mistletoe Drone, from Hammacher Schlemmer. (Photo: Courtesy Hammacher Schlemmer)I’m not sure if this is a popular or an unpopular opinion but: Mistletoe is both corny and desperate and I love it....
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Myanmar’s 'Firemasters' Strap Fireworks to Hot Air Balloons for Annual Festival
Hundreds of Pa'oh people dressed in traditional clothing walk down the streets of Taunggyi holding a lantern to celebrate the Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights, which happens to coincide with the full...
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Photographing the Tiny Upstate New York Town Obsessed with UFOs
55 Main St: professional building with UFO statue on the porch. (All Photos: Kate Truisi) “Have you ever seen a UFO in the Pine Bush area?”The question is printed in large type, on paper that has been...
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FOUND: Christmas Miracle Ram Statue
The ram statue (Photo: Vered Sarig/The Caesarea Development)In a Byzantine church that dates back to the sixth or seventh century, archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority have found a...
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Object of Intrigue: The X-Files' 'I Want to Believe' Poster
(Photo: 00abstrahiert99 on Flickr)On January 24, The X-Files returns to television in the form of a six-part miniseries.As the premiere date nears, original fans of the show–those who discussed it on...
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Shibam in Shibam, Yemen
Like Manhattan, the high-rises of Shibam were built on a rectangular grid of streets and squares. Unlike Manhattan, the skyscrapers are made of mud, date back to the 16th century, and the dusty streets...
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Bologna's Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale in Bologna, Italy
Walking down a hall lined from end to end with skulls and one gets the unique sense that they ought to be on their best behavior. Housed in a historic building at the oldest still-operating university...
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The "August von Spiess" Museum of Hunting in Sibiu, Romania
This Romanian museum of hunting arms and taxidermy trophies is often found quiet and empty -- all dark wood, fur, horn, and tooth.Most of the trophies are from the late 19th and early 20th century....
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Hanoi Zoological Museum - Bao tang Dong vat in Hanoi, Vietnam
In a beautiful old building on the Hanoi University grounds, the Zoological Museum consists of three rooms located at the top of a set of stairs. A looming elephant skeleton lets visitors know that...
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Devil's Swimming Pool in Victoria Falls, Zambia
When the water running off of Victoria Falls is at a certain level, a small pool with almost no current forms which adventurous tourists have dubbed the Devil's Swimming pool.Formed by a rock barrier...
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Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library in Vienna,...
The Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library) is a breathtaking baroque masterpiece, finished in 1726.Formerly the court library to the Hapsburgs, it is one of the world's major...
View ArticleFleeting Wonders: A Stingray Gives Birth in a Boat
What you are seeing above is a stingray giving birth, shortly after being captured.As the Independent reports, a group of fisherman pulled the ray into their boat and cut the stinger off its tail (a...
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Venison Jello, 'Mystery Ingredients,' and Other Triumphs of Soviet Cuisine
Arriving in Russia as an American student at the end of the Cold War, during the first years of Boris Yeltsin’s presidency, life revolved around food. As it was for every Soviet citizen, it became the...
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10 Things That You Have Secretly Been Dying to Know About the World of...
A. Ham (Image: John Trumbull/Wikimedia) Hamilton-fever is a global phenomenon. Your parents want to see it. Your grandparents are angling for tickets. But, still, you may still have some questions—and...
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The Mendocino Vineyard Where Inmates Pick the Grapes
Clusters of ripe and unripe Pinot noir grapes. (Photo: Olivier Vanpé/Wikimedia Commons)Justin King spends most of his hours in a cinderblock dormitory room for minimum-security prisoners, sleeping on a...
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FOUND: Meteor Dust That's Been Stealing Earth's Atmosphere
A much bigger meteor (Photo: Navicore/Wikimedia)High up in the atmosphere, more than 37 miles above the surface of the Earth, something strange happens. At night, all of sudden, there's a spot where...
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