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Cuba's famous Havana Club rum.

Cuba Is Trying to Settle a $276 Million Cold War Debt With Rum

Erik Shilling December 16, 2016

One of the world's only captive whale sharks, at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

Whale Sharks May Mate In Captivity For The First Time

Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is wondering: will they or won't they?

Cara Giaimo December 16, 2016

The 1.5 billion-year-old pool of water.

Found: The World’s Oldest Pool of Water Is 2 Billion Years Old

It's almost 2 miles down in a Canadian mine.

Sarah Laskow December 16, 2016

Krafla Power Station in Iceland, one of the country's many geothermal plants.

Scientists In Iceland Are Digging The World's Hottest Borehole

They aim to harvest steam from 5000 feet under a volcano.

Cara Giaimo December 15, 2016

That's definitely not garbage.

Found: A $5,000 Mortgage Payment That Was Accidentally Thrown in The Trash

Some hero sanitation workers saved it.

Eric Grundhauser December 15, 2016

When a Physicist Asked the FBI to Stop Calling Because He Helped Make the Atomic Bomb

Richard Feynman was upset.

JPat Brown December 14, 2016

A devious squirrel plots his next attack.

Squirrels In Toronto Can't Stop Attacking Christmas Lights

They've been doing it for years.

Cara Giaimo December 14, 2016

Making really big waves.

Found: The Highest Wave Ever Detected by a Buoy

It was taller than a six-story building.

Sarah Laskow December 14, 2016

Jealous?

Mozart Has Sold More CDs in 2016 Than Beyoncé

Amadeus, Amadeus!

Eric Grundhauser December 13, 2016

A piece of pottery dating to the late 6th century B.C.

Found: A Lost City in Greece

No one realized how extensive these ruins were.

Sarah Laskow December 13, 2016

Found: A Map of the Entire Internet, As of 1973

It fit on one sheet of paper.

Sarah Laskow December 12, 2016

What Is This Mysterious Object That Washed Up on a New Zealand Beach?

Probably just very impressive driftwood!

Sarah Laskow December 12, 2016

Oh no! YOUTH!

Teens and Krampus Are Again Violently Battling Each Other

Christmas demons and youth don't mix.

Eric Grundhauser December 9, 2016

The love locks in their heyday.

Paris Will Auction Off 'Love Locks' To Help Refugees

"It's a much better way to show love—the universal kind of love," one activist said.

Cara Giaimo December 9, 2016

Found: A Spray-Painted Electric Blue Tortoise

He was scrubbed clean and left with only a "slight blue hue."

Sarah Laskow December 9, 2016

space exploration

Watch John Glenn Talk About the Human Need for Curiosity and Wonder

RIP, John Glenn.

Erik Shilling December 8, 2016

The feathers are still attached to the tail, a unique find.

Found: A One-of-a-Kind Dinosaur Tail Preserved in Amber, With Its Feathers

It is “an astonishing fossil," says the paleontologist who found it.

Sarah Laskow December 8, 2016

Two People Found a Brand New Island And Claimed It As Their Own

But "Rosmic Island" may already have a name.

Sarah Laskow December 8, 2016