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From WWII to Syria, How Seed Vaults Weather Wars


The Svalbard Global Seed Vault entrance, lit up by fiberoptics the night after its opening.

Svalbard, the Norwegian island halfway between Europe and the North Pole, is a place of extremes. It's the northernmost place in the world where people live year-round.

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The Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster


The Chernobyl nuclear power plant lies 65 miles to the north of the city of Kiev in the Ukraine, and close to the border with Belarus.

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WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT? LEARN HOW TO SPEAK RUSSIAN


A fire breaks out on the International Space Station while the orbiting complex is over Russian mission control. How, as an English-speaking astronaut, would you keep up with instructions?

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STANDING UP IN COURT


In the dreaded French impotence trials, performance anxiety took on new meaning.

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Newer homes and furniture burn faster, giving you less time to escape a fire


Research shows that 30 years ago, you had about about 17 minutes to escape a house fire.

Today it's down to 3 or 4 minutes. The reason: Newer homes and the furniture inside them actually burn faster. A lot faster.

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Solving a 50-Year-Old Moon Mystery

NASA Backs Amateur Stargazer's Claim Of Spotting Asteroid Crash.

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Ten Facts about Washington and the Revolutionary War


Despite having little experience in commanding large, conventional military forces, Washington’s strong leadership presence and fortitude held the American military together long enough to secure victory at Yorktown and independence for his new nation.

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Chris Columbus Directed Home Alone Instead of Christmas Vacation Because He Met Chevy Chase


James Hughes, son of the legendary writer and director John Hughes, put together an oral history of Home Alone for Chicago magazine.

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More trees than there were 100 years ago? It's true!


Protection and responsible harvesting are the reasons behind the success story.

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Do video games belong in libraries?


If you want to save souls, first you need to put folks in the pews.

It works the same way with libraries, which -- without patrons -- are just large and imposing buildings full of dust and unread books, begging to be shut down by local officials the next time budgets are awash in red ink.

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