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Watch a three-legged dog pull off a daring dog food heist
They say honey badger doesn't give a fuck -- well, honey badger has nothing on Oscar the short-haired pointer.
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Good news for Kabul’s Tourism Bureau: The city’s air is unhealthy, but not full of feces
It is, however, unsafe to breathe.
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Insane pointillist map has 341,817,095 dots — one for every person in the U.S. and Canada
Someone has created a map with a dot for every single person living in the U.S. and Canada. You might not see yourself on it, but trust us, you're there.
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Baby, you can drive my car: How car sharing teaches us to be good neighbors
Remember when technology was going to shred our social fabric? Well, here’s an example of how it might be doing just the opposite.
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Obama: ‘We will respond to the threat of climate change’
In his second inaugural address, the president made a strong call for climate action.
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Biden drops by the Green Inaugural Ball to say thanks
It wasn't Biden's only stop last night.
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Chernobyl’s wildlife may be surprisingly healthy
We have found animals with ridiculously high levels of radiation in their bodies. But these animals still look…totally normal.
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Lincoln’s inaugural menu had every type of meat imaginable on it
In 1865, the Bill of Fare for President Lincoln’s first Inaugural Ball included pretty much every type of meat you can think of. There were oysters and turtles, chicken, turkey grouse, beef four different ways, duck, quail ham, tongue, and venison. (OK, no horse meat — this was still America, after all.) Even the salads were […]
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Ask Umbra: Should I sell my Exxon stock?
A reader wonders if it’s unethical to hang on to Big Oil stocks, and if shareholder activism does any good. Umbra offers some centsible advice.
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Happy MLK Day! Now get off the couch and do the King proud
Today is the only national holiday that is not really a day "off," but a day "on."
