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In 1924, the Montreal Canadiens left the Stanley Cup on the side of the road
The roadside mishap isn’t even the craziest thing to happen to hockey’s ultimate prize.
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Skipping showers is the latest trend. But is there any science to ‘pheromone’ maxxing?
Many animals communicate with pheromones, often around sex or marking territory. Humans are a little different.
Buying an iPhone is easy now, but people were sleeping on sidewalks for the first model
Getting one of the first iPhones required serious commitment. People were sleeping on sidewalks in 2007 to get in early.
Garbage trucks analyze thousands of homes with AI-powered cameras
City Detects’s Blight Scores can help catch code violations, but critics aren’t so sure.
Mathematician debunks the Parthenon’s famous optical illusions
Some of the 2,500-year-old Greek building’s architectural tricks are virtually nonexistent.
In 1963, a plane flew to space. Why couldn’t we go farther?
From the record-breaking X-15 to today’s hypersonic aircraft, the spaceplane dream never really died.
Sunken WWI sub is leaking TNT into the North Sea
Germany’s UC-30 struck a British mine on April 19, 1917.
Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded, new study confirms
The King of the Dinosaurs had an internal temperature similar to you.
Medieval Russian talisman depicts Christian warrior saint and Medusa
The ‘Zmeeviki’ example highlights 11th century cultural clashes in Russia.
Bald eagles Shadow and Kaydee share sticks and ‘beaky kisses’
It’s still too early to know if the pair’s friendship will blossom into something more.
Bamboo skewer safely removed from a bird’s cloaca in New York
The great black-backed gull was eventually reunited with her chicks.
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