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We can thank the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians. Here's how people decided how long an hour, a minute, and a second are.

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Believe it or not, there are individuals in this world that don’t just take take life at the surface, but dig deeper in search of the truth. Donovan Strain is one of these people, he’s discovered Ice Cube’s Official “Good Day”.
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With the park open just 40 percent of the time and tourists non-existent, losses were far worse than the previous year. Despite the downturn, the resort, which is majority owned by the local government, has pressed forward with expansion plans that will last…

This article is part of Future Tense, a collaboration among Arizona State University, New America, and Slate. On Wednesday, May 11, Future Tense will...

Earlier this week, we received this question from a fan on Facebook who wondered how many decimals of the mathematical constant pi (π) NASA-JPL scientists and engineers use when making calculations:Does JPL only use 3.14 for its pi calculations? Or do you…

Firefighter arson is a persistent phenomenon involving a minority of firefighters who are also active arsonists. Fire-fighting organizations are aware of this problem. Some of the offenders seem to be motivated by boredom, or by the prospect of receiving…

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A 2019 death from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was linked to a lab accident; a similar case is now under investigation

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Once driven close to extinction, the blue cows of Latvia, a proud symbol of the Baltic country, have been making a comeback over the last couple of decades. Originally found only on the Baltic coast in

Patent documents indicate that the U.S. and China are actively developing radical new craft that seem eerily similar to UFOs reported by Navy pilots.

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J.R.R. Tolkien was nominated by fellow author and friend C.S. Lewis but Lord of the Rings was described as second rate by the Nobel Prize jury

The Battle of the Silarius River was the final, decisive action of the Roman Servile Wars. It occurred near the mouth of modern Sele River, southern Campania, southern Italy.

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To most comic readers, the writers of the books they love are faceless and formless. This is fine; the writer’s works should stand alone. In the case of J. Michael Straczynski, it turns out that the challenge that is his life is the most riveting story of…

Extent of UK’s inactivity crisis laid bare as National Fitness Day urges nation to get moving and embrace the fun of fitness British adults spend...

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