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Tokyo’s Nishi Rokugo Park Is Made Almost Entirely of Tires
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Feb 17, 2017
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A Skull That Might Be St. Valentine’s Resides in a Reliquary in a Small Basilica in Rome
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Feb 14, 2017
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The Alien-Inspired “Chess City” in Russia Is a Haven for Chess Lovers
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Jan 30, 2017
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Dine in the Same Room Where Some of the Titanic’s Victims Were Embalmed
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Jan 26, 2017
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Jacksonvile’s Highways Rendered This Century-Old Grammar School Unusable
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Jan 24, 2017
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These Rocks Were on Every Zimbabwean Banknote
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Jan 23, 2017
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Spain’s 47-Story, M-Shaped Intempo Building Remains Totally Uninhabited
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Jan 19, 2017
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Segregated Cemeteries Are Important Troves of Forgotten Black History
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Jan 16, 2017
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The Squirrel War of Over 100,000 Casualties
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Jan 13, 2017
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Have a Wood-Related Question? Call the Forest Products Laboratory
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Jan 12, 2017
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Michelangelo’s Doodles Line the Walls of a Secret Room Under the Medici Chapel
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Jan 11, 2017
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The Factory That Took a Step Toward Liberating Women’s Bodies
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Jan 10, 2017
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Here’s the Thing About This Festive Accessory: It’s a Parasite
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Dec 23, 2016
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The Underground Hideout of a Japanese Soldier for Whom World War II Ended in 1972
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Nov 28, 2016
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Tokyo’s Only Vaudeville–Cuckoo Clock–Steampunk–Victorian Curio Cabinet Timepiece
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Nov 24, 2016
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This Frozen Tunnel in Central Alaska is Both an Engineering Feat and a Valuable Climate Classroom
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Nov 22, 2016
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The Remains of This Religious Colony, Along With Its Amusement Park, Zoo, and Baseball Empire, Are Now Mostly Abandoned
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Nov 21, 2016
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The Stylish Tragicomedy of Muse, Arts Patron, and Society Darling Lady Hamilton
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Nov 17, 2016
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This Great Depression–Era Creation Was Once Known as the Strangest House in the World
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Nov 16, 2016
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A 400-Year-Old Church, Covered Floor to Ceiling in Ex-Voto Offerings From the Faithful
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Nov 15, 2016
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