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On this day in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building
damninteresting.com

Canada’s forgotten rainforest
thenarwhal.ca

Researchers Reveal That Anonymized Data Is Easy To Reverse Engineer
gizmodo.com

Knowing more about how sneeze droplets spray can help prevent disease
massivesci.com

“World’s smartest dog”, a Border collie trained to recognize over 1,000 nouns, has died at age 15
nytimes.com

John DeLorean Reinvented The Dream Car. Then He Totaled It.
forbes.com

Mapping the Effects of the Great 1960s ‘Freeway Revolts’
citylab.com

Video: Giant swarm of grasshoppers takes over Las Vegas
nytimes.com

How to map the brain
nature.com

Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards
theatlantic.com

Greed, betrayal and medical misconduct at North York General
torontolife.com

The forgotten part of memory
nature.com

‘Roman Biro’ – complete with joke – found at London building site
theguardian.com

This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself
cnn.com

Why Do Villains All Have Such Impeccable Jawlines?
gq.com

‘A beautiful place with a very dark history’: sale of Manson murder house piques interest in LA
theguardian.com

Ex-Nazi testimony sparks fresh mystery over 1933 Reichstag fire
dw.com • (see also)

Lead-based paint found in half of all inspected schools
theconversation.com

Medievalists excited at parchment fragment of ‘vagina monologue’
theguardian.com

The ‘balance of nature’ is an enduring concept. But it’s wrong.
nationalgeographic.com

The true toll of the Chernobyl disaster
bbc.com

The Roots of Boeing’s 737 Max Crisis: A Regulator Relaxes Its Oversight
nytimes.com

The Coming End of an Era at NASA
theatlantic.com

Watch Japan’s Hayabusa2 Land on Asteroid Ryugu in This Exciting Video
space.com

The Man Who Found the Titanic Is Hunting for Amelia Earhart’s Plane
livescience.com

60 years ago today Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin unintentionally skydived into a thunderstorm
damninteresting.com

How an undercover FBI sting busted an alleged multimillion-dollar stock fraud
qz.com

Dragonfly brains could make missile defenses faster and more accurate
newatlas.com

Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in Two Pages
quantamagazine.org

The Secret History of Washing Machines
popularmechanics.com

FBI Finds Bucket of Heads, Cooler of Penises, Sewn ‘Frankenstein’ Corpse at Body Donation Center
gizmodo.com

Arctic wildfires: What’s caused huge swathes of flames to spread?
bbc.com

Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments
nature.com

Rainbows, Frogs, Dogs And ‘The Muppet Movie’ Soundtrack At 40
npr.org • (see also)

We Have Already Entered The Sixth And Final Era Of Our Universe
forbes.com

‘Heat burst’: If you slept badly last night [in the UK], this could be why
news.sky.com

After a girl vanished in 1984, Ronald Reagan pleaded for help. Her body was finally found.
washingtonpost.com

A World War II battle holds key lessons for modern warfare
theconversation.com

‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists surprised by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth
washingtonpost.com

The US’ surreal alien landscape
bbc.com

Madagascar spider silk 10 times stronger than Kevlar
cosmosmagazine.com

Enslaved on a British cannabis farm: ‘The plants were more valuable than my life’
theguardian.com

The Strange Similarity of Neuron and Galaxy Networks
nautil.us

The Apollo Experiment That Keeps on Giving
jpl.nasa.gov

Tree Stumps Are Dead, Right? This One Was Alive
nytimes.com

Indian farmers shocked as suspected meteorite crashes into rice field
theguardian.com

Dead Stars Found Whipping Around Each Other in Minutes
caltech.edu

The Dinosaur That Started a Craze
laphamsquarterly.org

A day in name-changing court
vox.com

Why Do Some People Always Remember Their Dreams, While Others Almost Never Do?
blogs.discovermagazine.com

Drink and Dive into Europe’s Underwater Wine cellars
messynessychic.com

When New Yorkers Were Menaced By Banana Peels
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

The Disappearing Physicist and His Elusive Particle
nautil.us

Mango leaves: Indian scientists’ solution to a $2.5 trillion global shipping problem
qz.com

A World Without Mad Magazine
newyorker.com

Citroën Sabotaged Wartime Nazi Truck Production in a Simple and Brilliant Way
jalopnik.com

How Bach’s anatomy may have handed him greatness
nationalgeographic.com

Josh Hader’s Fastball Is Baseball’s Most Mysterious Pitch
fivethirtyeight.com

The Unsung Woman Who Changed How We Take Care of Newborns
lithub.com

Follow-up: ‘I Found NYC’s In-N-Out Burger and Solved the Mystery of How It Got There’
vice.com