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For today's Weird Wednesday episode, two smelly flowers bloom on opposite sides of the planet, the mother who was mistakenly declared dead, Greece’s pool plan to help with droughts, and escaped research monkeys are found after two months on the run. Plus, on This Day in History, Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven" is published for the first time.
Woman 'surprised' after being declared dead | US News | Sky News
How a typo led to a Maryland woman being declared dead – NBC4 Washington
Last 4 escaped monkeys are captured in South Carolina after months on the loose | AP News
Monkeys who escaped from South Carolina facility captured, police say | USA Today
On Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Summary, Analysis & Symbolism
Screenwriting Lessons from Edgar Allan Poe
How to Write a Poem Like Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’
Spark Notes: The Raven Plot Summary
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” Summary & Meaning
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A gas-giant 500 light-years from earth has the fastest winds ever recorded – and they make a category 5 hurricane look like a nice spring breeze. Plus, a bizarre chirping in space has scientists puzzled. And, on This Day in History, the Lego brick we know today is patented.
A bizarre ‘chirping’ in space is puzzling scientists | BBC Science Focus Magazine
The History of Interlocking Bricks - From Kiddicraft to the LEGO Group – Brick Me
Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building | TIME
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Researchers try to make AI feel pain and what we can learn from that. Plus, one solution to food waste that might make you say, eww. Also, on This Day in History, the formation of National Geographic.
Researchers made an AI feel pain, because what could go wrong? | ZME Science
National Geographic Society is incorporated | January 27, 1888 | HISTORY
Jan. 27, 1888: National Geographic Society Gets Going | WIRED
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Using photosynthesis to create rocket fuel in space and turning old cement bags into solar-powered backpacks that are helping children with reading. Plus, on This Day in History, the first chocolate covered ice cream bar.
NASA's Experiment: Future of Photosynthesis - Christian Kromme
Solar-charging backpacks are helping children to read after dark | CNN
The Weird, Brief History of the Eskimo Pie Corporation | Smithsonian
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Uncovering the mysteries deep within the Earth’s mantle, a nearly complete ancient shark fossil found in Peru, and on This Day in History, a double feature - the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States and the birth of the frisbee.
Great white shark's 9-million-year-old ancestor found in Peru | Reuters
Nearly complete fossil of Great White Shark ancestor discovered | Interesting Engineering
Biography: Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Elizabeth Blackwell - Life, Education & Accomplishments
Frisbee inventor dies at 90 | US news | The Guardian
Walter Fredrick Morrison dies at 90; father of the Frisbee - Los Angeles Times
Walter Morrison: The Inventor of the Frisbee - BiographyHub
Meet Walter Frederick Morrison: The Inventor of the Frisbee - HubPages
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Groundbreaking surgery that removed a brain tumor through the eye socket, the inheritance left to a town that the deceased never visited, the Lazio team mascot won’t be allowed at the games anymore due to inappropriate pictures, and drug addicted rats cause havoc at police stations. Plus, on This Day in History, the creation of the CIA.
Surgeons Make History by Removing Woman’s Brain Tumor Through Her Eye | Gizmodo
Surgeons remove tumour through patient's eye socket in UK first | UK News | Sky News
Man Leaves €10m Fortune to a Tiny French Town He Never Visited | Good News Network
Small town shocked to inherit $10 million fortune from stranger | New York Post
Italian soccer club Lazio fires falconer for posting photos of his penis implant | AP News
'Drug-addicted rats' infesting Houston police evidence room | NBC News
Watch: 'Drug-addicted rats' destroying evidence in Houston police lockers - UPI.com
Establishment of the CIA | Harry S. Truman
The Creation of the Central Intelligence Group - CSI
History of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | Harris Federal
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How carrots may be the key to defending against diabetes, what the world’s oldest ice, extracted from two miles beneath the Antarctic surface, can tell us about our planet – and crowns, scepters and other jewels discovered behind a wall in Lithuania … we’ve got details on who they belonged to. Plus, on This Day in History, the start of the DeLorean Motor Company.
Carrots May Be Key to Unlocking Microbiome's Diabetes Defense System
Scientists Drill Ice Core–2 Miles Down–Extracting 1.2 Million Years of Climate Record On Earth
Burial crowns of Polish-Lithuanian rulers found in Vilnius
Crowns and Scepters Discovered Hidden Inside the Walls Beneath a Lithuanian Cathedral
The DeLorean Factory, Belfast: where it is & how to visit
DeLorean Motor Company and the DMC-12: the full story | Auto Express
Delorean DMC-12 - Modern Racer - Modern Classics
DeLorean DMC-12: A Detailed Look at an Iconic Sports Car | Amazing Cars and Drives
The Sad Death Of John DeLorean
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The revised definition of obesity and a new species of snake and spider there were announced decades after being found. Plus, on This Day in History, the "Father of American Rollercoasters".
BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation | Scientific American
New species of house snake discovered in Ethiopia: photo | Miami Herald
History of LaMarcus Thompson's Scenic Railway Roller Coasters at Coney Island
La Marcus Edna Thompson | Coney Island History Project
OH native was inventor of the roller coaster
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The huge aquifer discovered in the Oregon Cascades and the toilet paper made from used diapers - you heard that correct. Plus, on This Day in History, Popeye makes his first appearance.
Atop the Oregon Cascades, UO team finds a huge buried aquifer | OregonNews
Japan Coalition Selling World's 1st Toilet Paper Made from Used Diapers
First Versions: Popeye (comics)
Popeye | Newspaper Comic Strips
Popeye’s Comic Debut | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center
First Versions Popeye First Appearance : Elzie Crisler Segar : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (First Comic Strip Link)
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What you should do to prepare for the upcoming TikTok ban and the why the moon may be the best place for a human settlement, at least for now. Plus, on This Day in History, the hoax article advertising the fictitious theatrical performer "The Bottle Conjuror" that caused a riot when he didn’t appear.
U.S. TikTok ban: How it would work and how to prepare : NPR
TikTok Ban — Why You Should Delete Your iPhone, Android App Next Week
Food grows better on the moon than on Mars, scientists find | Space
2024 Mars Terraforming Workshop Proceedings
TDIH: The Great Bottle Conjurer Hoax
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