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TIL at one time, people thought that tomatoes were poisonous.

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Scientists Make a Major Breakthrough in Solving a Hair-Raising Mystery About Static Electricity

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Bumblebee Queens Breathe Underwater to Survive Drowning, Revealing How They Can Rule Submerged for a Week

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One of the Allies’ Secret Weapons Against the Nazis Was a 21-Year-Old Woman Armed With a Microphone and a Script of Lies

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Panamanian Golden Frogs Disappeared From the Wild Due to a Deadly Fungus. Now, Scientists Are Returning Them to Nature

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TIL at one time slaves escaped to freedom in Florida.

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TIL Dayglo fluorescent paint was discovered by two teenagers experimenting with chemicals in their basement.

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This 14-Year-Old Is Using Origami to Imagine Emergency Shelters That Are Sturdy, Cost-Efficient and Easy to Deploy

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This 14-Year-Old Is Using Origami to Imagine Emergency Shelters That Are Sturdy, Cost-Efficient and Easy to Deploy

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Updated Measurements from NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Suggest That Jupiter Might Be Slightly Smaller Than Previously Thought.

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13 people who survived being stranded on deserted islands.

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TIL at one time, the city of New York tried to secede from the United States.

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The Oldest Restaurant in the World Just Turned 300 Years Old

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Rockhopper Penguins’ Athleticism Makes Them the Daredevils of the Animal World. Will a Warming Climate Slow Them Down?

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A visit to the Falkland Islands, where the fearless seabirds navigate the rugged topography with tenacious spunk, shows the new challenges they face

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Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth

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You Can Now See 750-Year-Old Artifacts Recovered From England's Oldest Shipwreck

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For More Than 250 Million Years, Coral Reefs Have Had a Major Influence on Earth's Changing Climate

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Birds Are Beeping and Booping like R2-D2. Their Mimicked Sounds Are Helping Unlock the Secrets of Avian Communication

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Scientists Reverse Human Rejection of Pig Organ Transplant for First Time Ever

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Facing a shortage of organs needed by tens of thousands of patients, scientists have been studying pig organs as a potential solution. Genetically modified to suit humans and transplanted in the same way as human organs, the hope has been that they would function as well as those transplanted from human donors. But human bodies keep rejecting them.

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Downy Woodpeckers 'Grunt' as They Turn Their Bodies Into Hammers to Drill Into Trees

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7,000-Year-Old Skeletons From the 'Green Sahara' Reveal a Mysterious Human Lineage

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Once Smuggled Animals Are Rescued, Law Enforcement Officers Call Her

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Here's what happens to animals that are confiscated from smugglers. U.S.

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TIL famous French mime Marcel Marceau was part of the French and Jewish resistance during Nazi occupation and used his talents to keep hidden Jewish kids entertained and silent when needed

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Scientists Studied the Genes of a Woman Who Lived 117 Years. Here's What They Learned

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Behold These 15 Photographs of Big, Beautiful Bears

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TIL that of the over 1500 people who died in the Titanic disaster, only 337 bodies were recovered.

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