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  1. 2 hours ago

    If one is the loneliest number, zero might be the most confusing.

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  2. 4 hours ago

    "I see trees of green, red roses too..." Louis Armstrong recorded the hit song "What a Wonderful World" in 1967.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    In 15th-century Russia, large ice-covered slides made of wood served as primitive roller coasters. Sleds sent down these "flying mountains" could reach speeds of 50 miles (80 km) per hour.

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  4. 8 hours ago

    📝 Our bio of Aretha Franklin, written by , has been updated to note her death. RIP .

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  5. 9 hours ago

    : In the late '90s we created an online feature about roller coasters, complete with Shockwave animation.

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  6. 9 hours ago

    T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was born in 1888.

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  7. 11 hours ago

    From the : Our first bio of Aretha Franklin, in the 1969 Britannica Book of the Year, ended with a quote from the : "I sing to people about what matters. I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is."

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  8. 13 hours ago

    Freedom of the press has long been a cornerstone of democracies around the world.

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  9. Aug 15

    : John Harvey Kellogg believed that sexual activity caused physical and mental illness. The cure, he thought, was a bland, high-carb diet. So he created granola and cornflakes.

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    ImageQuest : A boy relaxes in a dugout canoe on the Congo River in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Remember to slow down and enjoy yourself today.

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  11. Aug 15

    During World War II, hundreds of Native Americans transmitted sensitive wartime messages by speaking their native languages, in effect using them as a code.

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  12. Aug 15

    The Panama Canal was opened to ships in 1914. This infographic from our 1942 World Atlas compares it to other famous ship canals.

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  13. Aug 15

    Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott was born in 1771. Often considered the inventor of the historical novel, he was also a Britannica contributor. Between 1818 and 1824 he wrote entries on chivalry, drama, and romance.

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  14. Aug 15

    India gained independence in 1947, ending nearly 200 years of British rule. Today the anniversary is celebrated as a holiday.

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  15. Aug 14

    Some lizards have a flap of skin on their throat called a dewlap. Male anoles (lizards in the genus Anolis) fan their brightly colored dewlaps to mark territory and also to attract females for mating.

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  16. Aug 14

    mood

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    This guy's ready for .

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  18. Aug 14

    It's , so please enjoy this Komodo dragon glamour shot.

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  19. Aug 14

    The first book to be printed with a colophon (an inscription giving details of its publication) was published in 1457. Known as the Mainz Psalter, it was also the first book printed in multiple colors.

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  20. Aug 14

    It's fun to imagine that megalodons still swim in the ocean, but there's no scientific evidence for it. So what happened to these huge prehistoric sharks? How did such a dominant species go extinct? [Watch the full video: ]

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