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Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005
Nobody Could Save Timmy the Whale
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Nobody Could Save Timmy the Whale
Nobody Could Save Timmy the Whale: Months of rescue efforts by influencers and millionaires may have just prolonged his death
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âFaithless and Foolish.â How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship
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âFaithless and Foolish.â How a Young George Washintgon Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship
A young man seeking a career requires a role model, or at least benefits from one. George Washingtonâs father had been a planter and merchant, but Augustine Washingtonâs early death deprived the boâŠ
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about 2 hours ago
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As goes CBS Radio News, so goes the idea that news media should serve the public interest
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As goes CBS Radio News, so goes the idea that news media should serve the public interest
There was once a bipartisan consensus that media power had to be regulated if democracy were to survive.
https://theconversation.com/as-goes-cbs-radio-news-so-goes-the-idea-that-news-media-should-serve-the-public-interest-281718?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 3 hours ago
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Video: Unbelievable Moments From Nature - Narrated by David Attenborough | BBC Earth [2:59:55]
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Unbelievable Moments From Nature - Narrated by David Attenborough | BBC Earth
YouTube video by BBC Earth
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about 3 hours ago
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Vintage Photos of Mob Molls: The Women Who Lived Alongside New York's Most Notorious Gangsters
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Vintage Photos of Mob Molls: The Women Who Lived Alongside New York's Most Notorious Gangsters - Rare Historical Photos
Rare vintage photos capture the glamorous and dangerous lives of New Yorkâs mob molls and their connections to Americaâs most notorious Mafia gangsters.
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about 4 hours ago
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40 Years Ago, an NFL Legend Cut Off His Finger to Keep Playing Football (And Immediately Regretted It)
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40 Years Ago, an NFL Legend Cut Off His Finger to Keep Playing Football (And Immediately Regretted It)
The NFL legendâs famously brutal injury story is remembered as toughness mythology, but Lott himself saw it as something more complicated.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/40-years-ago-an-nfl-legend-cut-off-his-finger-to-keep-playing-football-and-immediately-regretted-it/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 4 hours ago
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Why the Amish Are Falling in Love With AI
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Why the Amish Are Falling in Love With AI
Cars and TVs might be banned, but some sects are all-in on ChatGPT.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-the-amish-are-falling-in-love-with-ai.html?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 5 hours ago
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Bombs for Biodiversity
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Bombs for Biodiversity
As global insecurity prompts Germany and other European countries to expand their armed forces, biologists are tracking the impacts to the flora and fauna on military bases.
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about 5 hours ago
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A Legendary Midwest Beer Is Being Discontinued After 177 Years
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A Legendary Midwest Beer Is Being Discontinued After 177 Years - Tasting Table
It was recently announced that production of the famed legacy beer known as Schlitz will come to an end just days from now.
https://www.tastingtable.com/2177282/legendary-midwest-beer-schlitz-discontinued/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 5 hours ago
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This animal kills 100,000 people a year. Why canât we stop it?
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This animal kills 100,000 people a year. Why canât we stop it?
For comparison, sharks kill about six.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/489067/snakebite-antivenom-deaths?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 5 hours ago
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To revive an extinct bird, you first need an artificial egg
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about 6 hours ago
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Dozens arrested as specialist team targets romance fraudsters and scammers
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Banks working with City of London Police to hunt romance scammers
The specialist team of financial crime experts is working
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about 6 hours ago
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The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming â we urgently need guard rails
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The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming â we urgently need guard rails
Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating scientific output, but risks narrowing inquiry, weakening judgement and undermining how scientists are trained.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01557-x?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 6 hours ago
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A Scientist Tried to Breed Hybrid Super Bees. Some Escaped and Spawned a Killer.
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A Scientist Tried to Breed Hybrid Super Bees. Some Escaped and Spawned a Killer.
A mistake by geneticist Warwick Estevam Kerrâs assistant led to âkiller beesâ wreaking deadly havoc on the Western Hemisphere.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a71352673/killer-bee-accident/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 6 hours ago
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NASAâs Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid
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NASAâs Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid - NASA
NASAâs Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planetâs surface. This flyby used
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/psyche-mission/nasas-psyche-mission-aces-mars-flyby-targets-metal-rich-asteroid/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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âAmericaâs Mona Lisaâ: how chance, genius and cheap paint made the masterpiece Whistlerâs Mother
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âAmericaâs Mona Lisaâ: how chance, genius and cheap paint made the masterpiece Whistlerâs Mother
When his 15-year-old model did a runner, Whistlerâs mother stepped in. As the triumphant result arrives in Britain, the workâs restorer writes about its creatorâs brilliance â while wishing heâd used ...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/19/americas-mona-lisa-whistlers-mother?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 22 hours ago
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Photos: Strange new sea creatures discovered on Ocean Census expeditions
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Photos reveal strange sea creatures that scientists have never seen before
Scientists say theyâve found more than 1,100 new marine species over the last year, emphasizing how unexplored the ocean really is.
https://www.vox.com/climate/488948/deep-sea-creatures-photos-ocean-census?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 22 hours ago
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Video: This is the Biggest Thing Since CGI [26:46]
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THIS is the Biggest Thing Since CGI
YouTube video by Corridor Crew
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about 23 hours ago
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Is there a place on Earth that is exactly the same if humans had never arrived? Or have we irreversibly changed the world forever?
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Is there a place on Earth that is exactly the same if humans had never arrived? Or have we irreversibly changed the world forever? | Discover Wildlife
Is there somewhere on Earth that is completely unaffected by humans? Caroline Steel investigates
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/place-on-earth-unaffected-by-humans?utm_source=DamnInteresting
about 24 hours ago
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Video: Why is getting bitten by a rabid animal so dangerous? [6:03]
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Why is getting bitten by a rabid animal so dangerous? - Charles Rupprecht
YouTube video by TED-Ed
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Professional chess analysis reveals faster decisions correlate with higher quality moves
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Professional chess analysis reveals faster decisions correlate with higher quality moves
In chess, faster decisions are on average of higher quality. This is the conclusion of a study that has just been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team of ...
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Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor
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Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor
New X-rays and CT scans showed small case with locking mechanism containing metal instruments.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/pompeii-victim-idd-as-a-likely-doctor/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Video: Fixing the Most Dangerous Dam in the World
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Fixing the Most Dangerous Dam in the World
YouTube video by Practical Engineering
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Dark Matter May Have Been Detected by Accident, Scientists Reveal
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Dark Matter May Have Been Detected by Accident, Scientists Reveal
We may have accidentally detected dark matter back in 2019.
https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-matter-may-have-been-detected-by-accident-scientists-reveal?utm_source=DamnInteresting
1 day ago
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Stunning Frescoes in This Madrid Church Received a FaceliftâBut the Spanish Artist Buried Beneath Them Is Still Missing His Head
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Stunning Frescoes in This Madrid Church Received a FaceliftâBut the Spanish Artist Buried Beneath Them Is Still Missing His Head
Goya's frescoes are given new life in a church in Spain that also serves as the final resting place for most of the artist's body. The mystery of his missing skull has inspired poems and artworks
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stunning-frescoes-in-this-madrid-church-received-a-facelift-but-goya-the-spanish-artist-buried-beneath-them-is-still-missing-his-head-180988756/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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On this day in 1984 Michael Larson pressed his luck
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Who Wants To Be a Thousandaire?
Michael Larson had a lot of time and TVs on his hands, and he used them to hack one of his favorite game shows.
http://www.damninteresting.com/who-wants-to-be-a-thousandaire/
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What Do Gödelâs Incompleteness Theorems Truly Mean?
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What Do Gödelâs Incompleteness Theorems Truly Mean? | Quanta Magazine
At 25, Kurt Gödel proved there can never be a mathematical âtheory of everything.â Columnist Natalie Wolchover explores the implications.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-do-godels-incompleteness-theorems-truly-mean-20260518/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame
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Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame
A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260515-the-1950s-blunder-which-causes-mass-hay-fever-in-japan?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Empire on Display: The Rise of Taxidermy
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Empire on Display: The Rise of Taxidermy - JSTOR Daily
New preservation methods transformed animal remains into persuasive displays that circulated widely in museums and popular culture.
https://daily.jstor.org/empire-on-display-the-rise-of-taxidermy/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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They Remember Every Moment of Their Lives. Scientists May Have Just Figured Out Why.
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They Remember Every Moment of Their Lives. Scientists May Have Just Figured Out Why.
The rare people with highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) might owe it to how they sleep.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71320046/superior-sleep-better-memory/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Everything You Do Is Being Recorded
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Everything You Do Is Being Recorded
Is there any way of fighting back?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-wearable-surveillance-countermeasures/687203/?gift=bvuTbSP0DiE7IfOqMxT7BApqx5nYm9cCweS3ENKnGsE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
2 days ago
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On this day in 1992, a long overlooked amendment to the US constitution was finally ratified
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The Overlooked Amendment
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Meet the Fish That Are Ramming Themselves Up Manta Ray Butts
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Meet the Fish That Are Ramming Themselves Up Manta Ray Butts
When threatened, some fish apparently decide the safest place in the ocean is inside a manta ray's butthole.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-fish-that-are-ramming-themselves-up-manta-ray-butts/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
2 days ago
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The Prehistory of A.I. Slop
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The Prehistory of A.I. Slop
Before ChatGPT, there was the Plot Robot, Auto-Beatnik, and a centuryâs worth of schemes for automating authorship.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/25/the-prehistory-of-ai-slop?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Video: The Hunt for America's Weirdest Killer [41:25]
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The Hunt for America's Weirdest Killer
YouTube video by fern
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2 days ago
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Scientists Say Theyâve Invented a Serum That Activates a Dormant Ability to Regrow Lost Limbs in Mammals
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Scientists Say They've Invented a Serum That Activates a Dormant Ability to Regrow Lost Limbs in Mammals
A new study out of Texas A&M found a long-dormant ability for mamals, including humans, to potentialy regrow limbs.
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/scientists-serum-regrow-limbs-mammals?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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'We mould trees to grow into the shape of chairs' [no mention of 'chairy trees']
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'We mould trees to grow into the shape of chairs'
A couple from Derbyshire have spent the past 20 years testing designs for homegrown chairs.
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On this day in 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted
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The Mount St. Helens Trespasser
Robert Rogers, a man obsessed with trespassing, sets his sights on Mount St. Helens in the spring of 1980
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Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them
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Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them!
OR: crock pots and lightning bolts
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/shame-them-shun-them-ban-them-beat?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Solar activity determines how fast space junk falls to Earth
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Solar activity determines how fast space junk falls to Earth
A new study identifies the transitional point in the solar cycle when orbital decay accelerates â giving satellite operators and debris trackers a clearer picture.
https://www.astronomy.com/science/solar-activity-determines-how-fast-space-junk-falls-to-earth/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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The Generation That Will Always Be Too Young to Smoke
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The Generation That Will Always Be Too Young to Smoke
A new law in the U.K. bars young people from buying cigarettes for the rest of their lives. For the British government, even a sixty-year-old will someday be underage.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/the-generation-that-will-always-be-too-young-to-smoke?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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James Webb Spots Strange Structure at Core of Distant Galaxy
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James Webb Spots Strange Structure at Core of Distant Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning image of the Squid Galaxy, revealing its dazzlingly luminous center.
https://futurism.com/space/james-webb-strange-structure-core-distant-galaxy?utm_source=DamnInteresting
2 days ago
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Video: The Mistake That Made American Crosswalks So Deadly [13:58]
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The Evil Design of American Crosswalks
YouTube video by Safe By Design
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Also on this day in 1927, Grace Fryer filed a lawsuit against the employer who was killing her with radioactive paint
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Undark and the Radium Girls
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On this day in 1927 an unhinged custodian blew up a school
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'What happened to the âlittle refugee girlâ?: the 102-year-old Holocaust survivor whose story started outside my doorstep'
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What happened to the âlittle refugee girlâ?: the 102-year-old Holocaust survivor whose story started outside my doorstep
For years, I polished the brass plaques in front of my apartment dedicated to a Jewish mother and daughter who were murdered by the Nazis. Then a message out of the blue connected me to a surviving ch...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/17/102-year-old-holocaust-survivor-berlin-australia-friendship-brass-plaques?utm_source=DamnInteresting
2 days ago
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Bizarre Venus Surface Formations Puzzle Planetary Scientists
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Bizarre Venus Surface Formations Puzzle Planetary Scientists
Enigmatic crownlike surface formations on Venus hold keys to understanding our twin planetâs deep interior. Or so says a new paper presented at the recent European Geosciences Union 2026 general asse...
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/bizarre-venus-surface-formations-puzzle-planetary-scientists?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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The Human-Trafficking Victim Next Door
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The Human-Trafficking Victim Next Door
A young girl was brought from Guinea to a wealthy suburb near Dallas. She spent the next sixteen years of her life in forced servitude, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee reports.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/25/the-human-trafficking-victim-next-door?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Video: The Strange Physics Behind the Oberth Effect [9:27]
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The Strange Physics Behind the Oberth Effect
YouTube video by The Action Lab
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An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth
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An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth | CNN
An asteroid named 2026JH2 will swing by Earth on Monday, passing four times closer than our distance to the moon.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/science/asteroid-earth-close-pass?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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