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A Unique, 3D-Printed Bike Bridge Has Opened in the Netherlands

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A Unique, 3D-Printed Bike Bridge Has Opened in the Netherlands

The small-but-mighty structure is the first ever to be printed out of reinforced concrete.

A sweet spread, replete with roses.

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The Downfall of Rose Water, Once America's Favorite Flavor

Until the 1840s, adding a dash of rose water to sweets was the norm.

Auckland Central Library has a vast collection of books, as well as computers with free internet access.

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Why a New Zealand Library's Books Kept Vanishing, Then Reappearing

Homeless readers had been tucking volumes away so they could return to them the next day.

A 5,000-year-old toy chariot and wheels, found in the ancient city of Sogmatar, in southeastern Turkey

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Found: A 5,000-Year-Old Toy Chariot

Kids have been playing with miniature vehicles since the Bronze Age.

A group of dolphins off the coast of Mexico.

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Whale and Dolphin Cultures Are Products of Big Brains

More grey matter means more complex social interactions.

A sampling of issues of "PURRRRR! The Newsletter for Cat Lovers."

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Digging Through the Archives of 'PURRRRR!,' the Premier Cat Newsletter of the 1980s

Before the internet, people got their feline fix in analog form.

You sound just like my mother.

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Scientists Think Adults' Baby Talk Voice Might Be Universal

It's more than just a silly voice.

The gravestone for "Miranda Eve," the mysterious mummified girl from 1876; the headstone was updated with her information once she was identified.

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Searching for the Identity of San Francisco's Mysterious Mummified Girl

The toddler, dubbed "Miranda Eve" when her coffin was found in 2016, died in 1876.

Terry the teacake had a satellite's-eye view of the earth.

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Watch a Cookie Soar Into the Stratosphere

Terry the teacake took one giant leap for cookie-kind.

After a multi-year burial in horse manure, Stumpy was excavated, scrubbed with soap, and brought to the Museum where she was later put on display.

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Why a Local Museum Keeps Burying Whales Under Raleigh, North Carolina

It mostly has to do with grease.

An MTR Express train (though not, sadly, Trainy McTrainface itself).

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Trainy McTrainface Receives Its Name in Official Ceremony in Sweden

The moniker might be revenge for Boaty McBoatface.

Excavation of the temple.

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Found: The Foundations of an Ancient Temple of Ramses II

The remnants date back 3,200 years

A selection from the 2017 graveyard.

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This 'Dead Trend' Cemetery Celebrates All the Fads We Lost in 2017

RIP, dabbing. (And long live dad jokes.)

But only if you have what it STAKES.

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Vampires, Ghosts, and the 'Dark Shadows' Beauty Pageants of the Early 1970s

Ahem, my fangs are up here.

Henry VIII: Recorder Hero.

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Celebrating Henry VIII's Love Affair With the Humble Recorder

The infamous king wrote original compositions for everyone's grade-school flute.

The Western Wall and Dome of the Rock in the old city of Jerusalem. The remnants of a Roman theater have been found beneath the Wall.

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Found: A Long-Lost Roman Theater in Jerusalem

Roman ruins emerge deep beneath the Western Wall.

A contractor attaches a new wire at 56th Street and 11th Avenue.

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The Wire That Transforms Much of Manhattan Into One Big, Symbolic Home

The eruv, a nearly invisible holy boundary, must be intact every Friday.

Hiding in plain sight.

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Simulated Octopus Skin May Be the Future of Camouflage

Once again, cephalopods prove how amazing they are.