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2 cicada broods are popping up together for the first time in 221 years — and they'll meet in Illinois
Two broods of periodical cicadas will emerge simultaneously for the first time in 221 years in the …
Hannah Getahun
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People are eating cicadas for the protein benefits - but there are health risks to cicada cookies, cocktails, and pizzas
If you can stomach them, cicadas can be a great source of sustainable protein, and offer an added c…
Andrea Michelson
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An Ohio man crashed his car into a pole after a cicada flew in his face while he was driving
Witnesses told officers that Vincent Bingham was not speeding before he suddenly struck the pole.
Taylor Ardrey
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QAnon followers think a cicada landing on Biden may be a veiled communication from Q
A QAnon post linked the cicada swarm's natural emergence once every 17 years to "comms" from Q. Thi…
Cheryl Teh
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Washington Football Team quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick got a cicada stuck in his bushy beard
Ryan Fitzpatrick is ready for anything - from a blitzing defense to a gigantic bug stuck in his bea…
Tyler Lauletta
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Biden swatted away a Brood X cicada crawling up his neck: 'It got me'
"Watch out for the cicadas. I just got one - it got me," Biden told reporters on the tarmac at Andr…
Eliza Relman
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The White House press plane was delayed for more than 6 hours by swarms of cicadas
The plane was due to leave for the UK from Washington, DC, at 9 p.m. Tuesday, but was delayed by sw…
Bill Bostock
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There are so many cicadas hatching in the mid-Atlantic that they're being picked up by weather radar
The National Weather Service told Insider that it is "100% true" that cicadas hatching near the rad…
Madison Hall
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FDA advises people allergic to seafood not to eat cicadas, the 'shrimp' of the trees
If you're not allergic to seafood, feel free to take advantage of the brood and serve the critters …
Madison Hall
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A pastry chef selling air-fried cicadas showed us how she makes the candy-coated insects taste 'like a toasted walnut'
Sarah Dwyer of Chouquette Chocolates in Maryland told Insider that some of her shop's air-fried Bro…
Melissa Wiley
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A luxury DC wine bar is closing ahead of a once-in-a-decade swarm of trillions of 'Brood X' cicadas, which could be louder than a jet plane
Little Pearl is closing for a month for the upcoming Brood X cicada swarm, which happens once every…
Grace Dean
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Zombie cicadas in the US lure victims with promises of sex before passing on a deadly, mind-controlling parasite
Zombie cicadas have reemerged in West Virginia. The parasitic fungus that controls the cicadas caus…
Aylin Woodward
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THE 17-YEAR CICADAS ARE COMING
Periodical cicadas spend most of their lives underground, surfacing only for the last few months of…
Robert Ferris
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John Oliver catches up the cicadas with what's happened in the last 17 years
That included highlights such as: People are now famous for just "playing games and opening bo…
Jason Guerrasio
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The First Cicadas Have Been Spotted On The Upper West Side
The insects, which spend nearly two decades underground, emerge by the millions every 17 years to m…
Dina Spector
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17-Year Cicadas Will Overrun The East Coast Any Day Now
The cicadas do not only make their presence known visually. Male cicadas make a loud buzzing noise …
Dina Spector
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After 5 years in tech, I wanted something new. An internship on a tea farm in Japan was the wake-up call I needed.
As part of her MBA, Cherie Luo interned on a matcha farm near Kyoto, Japan. It made her reflect on …
Erin Liam
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I grew up in Athens. Here are 8 things I wish tourists would stop doing when they come here.
I was born and raised in Athens, and I believe many mistakes tourists make are avoidable. Never flu…
Konstantina Pyrnokoki
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Hard-of-hearing TikToker who got hearing aids explains what things he thought made sounds but actually don't
TikToker Milo said when he first got hearing aids in April he thought that clouds and the sun both …
Lindsay Dodgson
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I was my dad's designated driver when I was 12. Now that I'm older, I understand his pain.
The author shares how he didn't know how his dad was raised until much later in life when he finall…