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There are whales alive today who were born before "Moby Dick" was written.

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How journalists covered the rise of Mussolini and Hitler.

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For some, the Ghent Altarpiece’s most haunting attribute may be one only recently revealed by restoration: the alarmingly humanoid face that once adorned the painting’s central sacrificial lamb.

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A new discovery from the University of Florida reveals a real-life planet actually clocking in at coordinates eerily reminiscent of the fictional M-Class planet.

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Hong Kong’s first Lennon Wall appeared in 2014.

Hong Kong's Sticky-Note Revolution

'Lennon Walls' have spread throughout Hong Kong and the world as a form of public protest and free expression

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‘Lennon Walls’ have spread throughout Hong Kong and the world as a form of public protest and free expression.

Hong Kong's Sticky-Note Revolution

'Lennon Walls' have spread throughout Hong Kong and the world as a form of public protest and free expression

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‘Lennon Walls’ have spread throughout Hong Kong and the world as a form of public protest and free expression.

Hong Kong's Sticky-Note Revolution

'Lennon Walls' have spread throughout Hong Kong and the world as a form of public protest and free expression

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Samuel Colt accepted an order for 1,000 revolvers from Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers on this day in 1847.

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These spaces, which locals call “Lennon Walls,” have sprung up on buildings, walkways, sky bridges, underpasses and storefronts and carry messages like “Hong Kongers love freedom,” “garbage government” and “We demand real universal suffrage.”

Hong Kong's Sticky-Note Revolution

'Lennon Walls' have spread throughout Hong Kong and the world as a form of public protest and free expression

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Esanbe Hanakita Kojima, as the island is called, may have been eroded by wind and ice floes.

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The poetry of Langston Hughes, born on this day in 1902, influenced King’s sermons on a fundamental level and helped give rise to the preacher's most lasting line.

How Langston Hughes’s Dreams Inspired MLK’s

Langston Hughes wrote about dreams at a time when racism meant that black people’s dreams were silenced

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Pilot, thinker, soldier, spy: the epic @NBCTimeless season finale twofer.

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NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir have completed their spacewalk, becoming the first two women to venture outside the International Space Station at the same time.

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One last time, read or @TimelessSPTV deep dive into what the beloved TV show got right and wrong. (Spoiler Alert!) #Timeless

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Although she’s often overshadowed by her husband, Frederick Douglass, Anna Murray Douglass made his work possible.

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We hope that our "Timeless" analyses will deepen your appreciation for the show—and for history.

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The publication taught its readers how to be healthy skeptics—a lesson that media consumers need more today than ever. #InternationalJokeDay

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In an exclusive interview, show co-creator Shawn Ryan chats about moving beyond the stories of "powerful white men" to tell new stories about the past.

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A statue of educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune will replace a statue of a Confederate general in the Capitol.

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Building a Corsi-Rosenthal box portable air filter comes down to duct-taping together a set of furnace filters and a box fan.

The Homemade Air Purifier That's Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Made from everyday items found in hardware stores, the Corsi-Rosenthal box is a testament to the power of grassroots innovation

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In light of a shooting in the Atlanta area that left eight people, including six Asian women, dead, @PBS has made the documentary series “Asian Americans” freely available to stream online. Read more about the five-part series, which premiered last May.

Watch 150 Years of Asian American History Unfold in This Documentary

The five-part PBS series chronicles the community's story through archival footage, interviews

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At midnight on New Year’s Eve, all works first published in the United States in 1923 will enter the public domain. It has been 21 years since the last mass expiration of copyright in the U.S.

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Just over a year after the journalism museum’s closing, the slab is set to find a new home @ConstitutionCtr in Philadelphia.

The Newseum's Iconic First Amendment Tablet Is Headed to Philadelphia

Weighing in at 50 tons, the marble slab previously adorned the facade of the now-shuttered journalism museum in D.C.

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Daphne Sheldrick, who devoted her life to the conservation of elephants and other African mammals, passed away today at the age of 83. We honor her life with a look back at her work.

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One climate crisis disaster occurs every week, U.N. official warns.

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Carving pumpkins this Halloween? Why not a turnip?

When People Carved Turnips Instead of Pumpkins for Halloween

Revelers in Ireland transformed the root vegetables into lanterns designed to ward off dark spirits

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"It was hot, sweaty, exhausting work. But it was also life-changing and inspiring, channeling our love to do something as simple as this: to feed the people," @chefjoseandres writes in "We Fed an Island."

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Ava DuVernay's visionary filmmaking is reshaping Hollywood. @ava #SmithsonianIngenuity

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As this episode of #Timeless unfolds, we get a little history, and some truly fabulous hair.

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Somebody's got a case of the blues: #Timeless season 2, episode 6, recapped.

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Dorothy Porter challenged the racial bias in the Dewey Decimal System, putting black scholars alongside white colleagues.

Remembering the Howard University Librarian Who Decolonized the Way Books Were Catalogued

Dorothy Porter challenged the racial bias in the Dewey Decimal System, putting black scholars alongside white colleagues

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An elementary lesson in women's suffrage: #Timeless season 2, episode 7, recapped.

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#Timeless races back to the '50s in "Darlington." @NBCTimeless #SpoilerAlert

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The @TimelessSPTV finale teaches us how to say goodbye to the intrepid, time-traveling crew.

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JFK's excellent adventure: " #Timeless ," season 2, episode 5 recapped.

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Peter Scholze, Caucher Birkar, Alessio Figalli and Akshay Venkatesh named recipients of the Field Medal, the award often described as the Nobel Prize for mathematics.

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Remembering Joan of Arc, the original nasty woman. The trial against her began on this day in 1431.

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How one man discovered that he was in possession of original recordings of some of the most important broadcasts of World War II.

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The "Clotilda," the last known slave ship to arrive in the U.S., is found.

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At midnight tonight, all works first published in the United States in 1923 will enter the public domain.

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Why we need to keep searching for lost silent films.

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Scientists in Japan successfully 3-D printed a cut of Wagyu beef that looks just like the real thing.

Scientists Create First 3-D Printed Wagyu Beef

The cultured cut matches the texture and marbling of the famous Japanese meat

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“If you’re discarding a bra you can cut the clasps off and send them to us we use them for turtle shell repair.”

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A recently unearthed, 300,000-year-old wooden stick may have once been thrown by extinct human ancestors hunting wild game, according to new research.

300,000-Year-Old Stick Suggests Human Ancestors Were Skilled Hunters

The ancient throwing stick may have been used by Neanderthals or an even earlier hominin

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Your periodic table posters are now obsolete as four new elements are added.

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Why do the National Parks care so much about climate change? @NatlParkService #climate

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Since 1981, the monarch butterfly’s numbers have declined 97 percent according to a new survey.

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The true story of "Hidden Figures." Congrats on the #OscarNoms @HiddenFigures @octaviaspencer @amschroe

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While it may not be as well-known as the North Pole, Whoville, or Bedford Falls, for Muppet aficionados, no holiday season is complete without a trip to Frogtown Hollow.

This Cult Classic Christmas Special Is Quintessential Jim Henson

Although it features few of the usual Muppets, ‘Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’ brings the holiday spirit to the whole family

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As we mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht and the youngest Holocaust survivors enter their ninth decade, the world is showing dangerous signs of memory loss.

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Lost languages discovered in one of the world's oldest continuously run libraries.

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14 fun facts about manatees. #ManateeAppreciationDay

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Welcome to Salem, witches: #timeless Season 2, Episode 4, recapped.

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Welcome to 2019! Now, all works first published in the United States in 1923 are part of the public domain.

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Fairy tales could be older than you ever imagined.

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Meet the woman behind Frederick Douglass, his wife Anna. She doesn't get the credit she deserves, says one scholar.

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When the special finally aired in 1964, it became such a hit that it has been rebroadcast every year since, making it the longest-running Christmas special in history.

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The Royal Astronomical Society has rediscovered the oldest surviving eclipse footage, restoring the 120-year-old film and putting it online for the first time.

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This Norwegian island wants to become the world's first time-free zone.

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In 1973, it was the longest space mission — 84 days in the stars. But at some point the astronauts just got fed up.

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Is it time we built a museum of the history of American history?

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes that Native people are the first inhabitants of the Americas, including the lands that later became the United States of America. And it urges Americans to rethink history.

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Horse-riding librarians were the Great Depression's bookmobiles.

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Figure skater Adam Rippon and freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy are the first openly gay American men to ever compete in the Winter Olympics.

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It takes 1.71 days to poop out a Lego.

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Scholar deciphers 3,200-year-old inscription that could shed light on the "sea people."

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The forgotten black women mathematicians who helped win wars and send astronauts to space. @HiddenFigures

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The first self-cleaning home was essentially a "floor-to-ceiling dishwasher."

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New discovery stirs up signs of the elusive Planet 9.

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"Dear Evan Hansen" recognized as part of America's cultural heritage.

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On this day in 1867, Joseph Lister, a forty-year-old doctor, published an article in The Lancet that fundamentally changed medicine.

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A secret tunnel found in Mexico may finally solve the mysteries of Teotihuacán.

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Queen guitarist & astrophysicist Dr. Brian May compiled 1st high-quality stereo image of Pluto http://t.co/V9PseMw8Gf http://t.co/A2Hs1QwKIN

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The inspiration for the bendy straw came while Joseph Friedman was watching his young daughter try to drink from a tall glass. #NationalDrinkingStrawDay

Why You Should Appreciate the Invention of the Bendy Straw

It's the straw that bends, not the person

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In unusual cases, snowy owls have been seen in Texas, but spotting one as far south and west as Orange County is “extremely rare.”

A Rare Snowy Owl Is Captivating Southern California

How the Arctic bird ended up among palm trees remains a mystery

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Researchers discovered what may be the smallest reptile on the planet in the rainforests of northern Madagascar.

Chameleon Discovered in Madagascar May Be World's Smallest Reptile

The male of the newly described species measured just half an inch long from his nose to the base of his tail

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How do goldfish survive winter? They make alcohol.

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A new study suggests that tracking the distinct seismic vibrations generated by elephants could help conservationists know if trouble is afoot.

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After 126 years of flying a Confederate-themed banner, Mississippi is set to adopt a new state symbol.

Mississippi Voters Approve New Design to Replace Confederate-Themed State Flag

The redesigned banner—approved by on Tuesday by 68 percent of voters—features a magnolia bloom and the words "In God We Trust"

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. @NBCTimeless travels to "Hollywoodland." Read our recap of this week's episode as the “Time Team” glams it up and heads back to Hollywood's Golden Age.

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Girl scouting was once segregated. #BlackHistoryMonth

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In 1886, a little-known artist named Louis Wain contributed a rollicking illustration of festive cats to the Christmas edition of the "Illustrated London News," a prominent weekly paper.

See Louis Wain's Exuberant Cat Art at the Hospital Where He Spent His Later Years

The Victorian artist's famous feline portraits are on view at England's Bethlem Museum of the Mind

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The original arguments Congress made for ‘springing ahead’ have been thoroughly debunked. So why are they still being used today?

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Read the statement from @NMAAHC on Charlottesville and Confederate memorials

Smithsonian's African American History Museum Releases Statement on Charlottesville and Confederate...

The events, says director Lonnie Bunch, are part of a 'long legacy of violence intended to intimidate and marginalize African Americans and Jews'

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Over Queen Elizabeth's 70-year reign, she worked with 15 prime ministers (16 counting Liz Truss, who took office earlier this week), met 13 of the past 14 American presidents, oversaw thousands of royal engagements and made 89 state visits overseas.

Elizabeth II Was an Enduring Emblem of the Waning British Empire

The British queen died on Thursday at age 96

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Artists are up in arms over Anish Kapoor’s exclusive rights to "vantablack."

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This interactive tool enables users to hone in on a specific location and visualize how it has evolved between the Cryogenian Period and the present.

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Pennsylvania honors Mister Rogers with first annual day of kindness.

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Black cooks created the feasts that gave the South its reputation for hospitality

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We're saddened to hear about the loss of Chadwick Boseman. We're reflecting on his talent and legacy by revisiting the many iconic roles he played on the big screen. In 2013, we spoke to him about his role as Jackie Robinson in the movie "42."

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The 74-foot-tall slab will be installed at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

The Newseum's Iconic First Amendment Tablet Is Headed to Philadelphia

Weighing in at 50 tons, the marble slab previously adorned the facade of the now-shuttered journalism museum in D.C.

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Dasia Taylor's suture thread changes color, from bright red to dark purple, when a surgical wound becomes infected.

This High Schooler Invented Color-Changing Sutures to Detect Infection

After winning a state science fair and becoming a finalist in a national competition, Dasia Taylor now has her sights set on a patent

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It’s worthwhile to take a look back at how since its inception, “Sesame Street” has been rooted in African-American culture, more specifically the historically black community of Harlem.

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Why women bring their "I Voted" stickers to Susan B. Anthony's grave.

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A century ago, many diners would have been just as happy to see some raccoon sitting next to the gravy boat on their Thanksgiving table.

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Cats recognize their owner's voice but choose to ignore it.

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How physics keeps figure skaters gracefully aloft.

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We're remembering the beloved children's author Beverly Cleary, who brought to life Ramona Quimby and so many other characters that were childhood favorites. Cleary passed away yesterday at the age of 104.