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Squirrels, Ahoy!
Squirrels are rodents, sure, but they’re rodents with personalities the size of Las Vegas and Detroit put together. Get to know your bushy-tailed (an…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Honey: Nature's Wonder Sugar
Honey is an amazing thing. Just ask any bee. They make a ton of it. So much that humans get what bees can't use and that's a lot of honey.
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4 months, 2 weeks ago
Contortionism: Bend It Like Gumby
If you could put your leg behind your head, would you? Of course you would! You might even make a career out of it, amazing people around the world w…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Short Stuff: Jeddah Tower
The Jeddah Tower is set to be the tallest building in the world. If it ever gets finished.
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4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ruth Lyons: TV Pioneer
Ruth Lyons basically invented the daytime talk show, yet she doesn't get the credit. Why is that? Probably because she was a woman in a man's industr…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Selects: Mangroves: Nature's Best Tree?
Mangroves are incredible survivors and adapters. They're also amazing at lessening the impact of tropical storms and climate change. And heck, they'r…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How the Kowloon Walled City Worked
From the 1970s to the early 1990s a patch of land in Hong Kong the size of just a few football fields was the most densely-populated area in the worl…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment
Movies on planes have changed a lot in the last couple of decades. Today, we'll go over how this stuff works.
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4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Fyre Festival Fiasco
What happens when a career grifter tries to throw a "luxury" music festival in only six months? Not much it turns out.This was the Fyre Festival.
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4 months, 4 weeks ago
Selects: How Spiritualism Works
Something spooky was born on the American frontier in the mid-19th century: the idea that people’s personalities survive death and that some gifted i…
5 months ago