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Conclave to elect new pope begins
The heavy wooden doors to the Sistine Chapel swung closed Tuesday, signaling the start of the secret election, or conclave, in which 115 Roman Catholic cardinals will pick the next pope.
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Paranoid Dictator's Communist-Era Bunkers Now a National Nuisance
In Albania, 750,000 Communist-era bunkers populate the landscape, relics of the paranoia and skewed priorities of former dictator Enver Hoxha. Now they exist as quirky homes, animal shelters, ad hoc storage and make-out spots.
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Moon impact left sea of molten rock 6 miles deep
Early in the Moon’s history, an ocean of molten rock covered its entire surface. But that wasn’t the last time the Moon’s surface melted on a massive scale.
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Pi Was Almost 3.2
When an amateur mathematician from Indiana managed to solve one of mathematics' great problems—squaring the circle—he decided to copyright his proof, but allow his home state to use it for free.
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Little-Known Facts About Famous Classic Rock Songs
A series of little-known facts about three famous classic rock songs, Gimme Shelter, Don't Come Around Here No More, and Eclipse.
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AT&T nails it almost spot on
Commerical from 1993 that predicts the future
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Guy interviews 7 year old kids & comes every 7 years for the next 50 years to document progress..
The Up Series is a series of documentary films produced by Granada Television that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old. The documentary has had eight episodes spanning 49 years (one episode every seven years) and the documentary has been broadcast on both ITV and BBC. In a 2005 Channel 4 programme, the series topped the list of The 50 Greatest Documentaries.
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Albert Einstein Wanted to Create the Best Refrigerator Ever That Would Last a Century
Did you know Albert Eistein wanted to make a fridge? Seriously. The greatest brain in modern physics dedicated a lot of time in trying to create a long lasting, energy efficient, environmentally friendly refrigerator.
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5-Million-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Cat Fossil Discovered
A new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat has been found in Polk County, Fla., scientists say.
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Happy 28th birthday to the Internet's first domain name
Symbolics.com, the first domain name ever registered on the Internet, is still active after all these years.
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15 years ago, Apple killed the Twentieth Anniversary Mac
Don't remember this $7,499 Mac from the '90s? Check out our gallery and video.
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German grenade pistol
This gun is currently located in a Polish museum.
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The Plan to Bring the Iconic Passenger Pigeon Back From Extinction
This is the passenger pigeon, once the most abundant bird in North America. When Europeans first landed on the continent, they encountered billions of the birds. By 1914 they were extinct. That may be about to change. Today scientists are meeting in Washington, D.C. to discuss a plan to bring the passenger pigeon back from extinction.
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Watch This Absolutely Beautiful Animated Explanation Of DNA
This short history of DNA from the BBC really knocks it out of the park, both artistically and scientifically.
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Who was St. Patrick
No snakes. No shamrocks. Just the facts.
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Back Behind Bars with Gaddafi's Would-Be Assassin
Twenty-six years ago, Azeddine Madani would have done anything to escape his cell in Tripoli's notorious Abu Salim prison, but right now he’s wrangling with armed guards in an effort to get back in.
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The 6 Most Baffling Science Experiments Ever Funded
Scientists are only human, and some humans are just plain crazy. Which is why, on occasion, those serious old men in their fine white coats up and throw sense straight out the window.
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Berlin wall: Then and now
Same person, same location.
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The Wild Streets of New York of the 1960s and '70s
Photographer Paul McDonough has a knack for catching passing, off-kilter incongruities on the New York City streets. He arrived in the city in 1967 and started taking photographs of unique moments happening around him; the New York City 1968-1971 series is said to be his first as a photographer.
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Old school toaster
Toast is vertical, like modern toasters!
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