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This 63-year old engineer, is probably Japan's last true ninja
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The King is dead. Long live the King
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You're not the only one with post Olympics blues, athletes have it way worse
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It's her birthday today, and while the master chef loved science she would have hated today's laboratory produced food
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Amateur archaeologist claims to have found lost pyramids using Google Earth. Real archaeologists are skeptical
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The master helped director shape both modern cinema, and the minds of a generation
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The Sierra Club presented a fictional subway map of the U.S. National Parks and is challenging green commuters to see how many stops they can hit
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Children and hobbyists rejoice - today is Lego's 80th birthday
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Shannon Eastin, the first woman to ever referee an NFL game, got her stripes last night.
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From 1929 to now, how do former Olympic champions compare to today's athletes?
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In 2010, $607 million dollars worth of small and light arms left the United States, headed to buyers around the world
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Residential segregation has increased by income in 27 out of 30 of America's metropolises, and in some cases translates to shorter lives in poorer areas
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In Vietnam, dog lovers had best keep their pooches behind high, locked fences if they don't want their pets to wind up boiled in a pot
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Did you celebrate? If not, you'll just have to celebrate twice next year
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Why more writers should be as fearless, and as prickly as Vidal
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How to tell which countries will take home more bling, and why weight lifting matters
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One of the pillars of science fiction would have turned 118 today
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The Army has announced that they are designing body armor specifically tailored to women's bodies
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A new study charted how English has changed over the past 500 years, finding it to be more stagnant than ever before
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