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The real story of Isabella Stewart Gardner, the eccentric millionaire heiress from Netflix's 'This Is A Robbery'
Gardner, whose museum was the target of the world's largest art heist, led an eccentric life with a…
Melissa Wiley
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped into GOP Sen. Mike Lee after he blocked the creation of Latino and women's history museums during a dramatic Senate session
Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez and GOP Sen. Susan Collins both pushed back at Lee, who said Americans d…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Inside the world's first coronavirus museum exhibition, featuring takeout menus and leaflets of canceled events to commemorate life during the pandemic
The Historical Museum of Urahoro, in Hokkaido, is collecting items that reflect what life was like …
Bill Bostock
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There are 2 kinds of cities right now. It explains why you hate your downtown.
Some struggling downtowns are relying on tourism to bounce back from the pandemic. That might be a …
Eliza Relman
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Arnold Schwarzenegger says the threat of artificial intelligence in 'Terminator 2' 'has become a reality': 'Today, everyone is frightened of it'
During an event at Academy Museum, Arnold Schwarzenegger discussed how the 1991 James Cameron film …
Kirsten Acuna
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I was diagnosed with scleroderma and was given 5 years to live. I am celebrating with lavish birthday parties 17 years later.
I received a diagnosis of scleroderma and was given 5 years to live. Seventeen years later, I creat…
Kelly Burch
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Here's how a wildly outgunned US Navy pilot outfoxed one of the Soviet Union's best jets, scoring a string of kills in a legendary dogfight
Royce Williams was recently awarded the Navy Cross for his display of "extraordinary heroism" durin…
Jake Epstein
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I go on 'milestone' birthday trips with my 2 sisters. Our next is to honor what would have been our mother's 100th birthday.
Milestone birthday trips became a tradition with my mom and sisters. Our mother died two years ago,…
Gail Abrams
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The Goldman prodigy behind Silicon Valley's glorious city of the future
Jan Sramek believes the solution to the housing crisis is to build a new city from scratch —…
Hugh Langley,Adam Rogers
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Sarah Jessica Parker's Met Gala look paid tribute to the first Black female designer to work in the White House
Sarah Jessica Parker worked with Christopher John Rogers to honor Mary Todd Lincoln's designer, Eli…
Rachel Askinasi
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Here's what's next for ConstitutionDAO after losing out to Ken Griffin in a bid for a copy of the Constitution
"We'll soon be proposing a plan that outlines governance, vision, and values, for the community to …
Isabelle Lee
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A Google executive's passion for collecting locks of presidential hair
Interest in the presidential hair market surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, as buyers, cooped up …
Heather Hauswirth,Aaron Short
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How a 14-year-old picked up a piece of fossil almost 20 years ago and jumpstarted the beginning of dinosaur discovery in Australia
Before the discovery of a dinosaur fossil in 2004, many paleontologists thought they wouldn't find …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Scientists found the world's oldest lizard fossil - and it suggests lizards lived among the earliest dinosaurs
"The specimen is 75 million years older than what we thought were the oldest fossil lizards in the …
Jeremy Berke
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The incredible true story of when WWI stopped for enemy armies to celebrate Christmas together
"All this talk of hate, all this firing at each other that has raged since the beginning of the war…
Ben Brimelow
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Here's the insanely complicated, multi-person process needed to detonate the largest and most powerful nuclear missile system in the US
Titan II also holds the record for being the largest, most powerful nuclear weapons system ever dep…
Jessica Orwig
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The $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package is more than double the size of Obama's stimulus plan - but it may only salvage the economy for a few months
The $2 trillion legislation is more than twice the size of President Obama's $830 billion stimulus …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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14 Overrated Tourist Attractions Around The World - And Where To Go Instead
Herculaneum was also buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, but unlike Pompeii, Hercula…
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Peter Diamandis explains how he's working toward a future where humans can freely explore space and live forever
The second thing is helping them remain curious. And I talk about this because I think curiosity is…