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Coast Guard Shows Up to Save Beached Whales, Finds Bags of Rocks Instead

We all make mistakes.

Philly Really Doesn't Want You to Make a Pool Out of a Dumpster

Some dreams are too large.

Some Farmers in Canada Set the World Record for Simultaneous Threshing

With antique machines, no less.

The Extinction-Level Asteroid That Could Kill Us All in 2175

Meet 101955 Bennu.

The 9 Lives of the Spanish Prisoner, the Treasure-Dangling Scam That Won't Die

It's been around for centuries.

80 Shackled Skeletons Found in Greek Grave After Ancient Mass Execution

Something major happened here.

Horrifying Nazi-Era Diaries of Himmler Found in Russia

A German newspaper says they've found the daily logs of the architect of the Holocaust.

Youth Tries to Improve 5,000-Year-Old Skier Carving, Causes 'National Tragedy'

The Norwegian etching is some of the earliest evidence of human skiing.

A Massive Mudslide Shut Down Denali Park Road and Marooned Visitors

Officials are still cleaning up.

A Titanium-Gold Alloy Harder Than Most Steel Was Just Discovered

It was sort of an accident.

In 1924, Trump Wouldn’t Have Had a Choice Whether to Release His Tax Bills

Every American's income tax bills were once public record.

Ukraine Is Planning to Build a Massive Solar Farm at Chernobyl

Lots of gigawatts.

Australia Kmart Locks Down Cadbury Chocolate After Series of Thefts

Desperate times, etc.

How Firefighters Calculate Containment as They Battle the Sand Fire

California's deadly Sand fire has been raging for days.

We're Getting Closer to Knowing Why Bees Are Dying Off Worldwide

One widely-used pesticide was found to reduce bee sperm counts.

Police Impersonators in the UK Are Now on the Hijacking Beat

Thieves pretending to be cops keep stopping people in Essex, UK, and stealing their vans.

Dutch Men and Latvian Women Are the Tallest in the World

It's not a competition.

The First Democratic Convention on Live TV Was the Last Not to be Air-Conditioned

In Philadelphia in 1948, it got hot.

Google Just Accurately Simulated a Molecule With Quantum Computing

Raccoons Are Eating Pets and Terrorizing a Harlem Block

Casualties so far include a turtle and a fish.

The Mystery of the 'Beast of Dartmoor' Has (Apparently) Been Solved

Big cats had been spotted in the English park for three decades—but no one knew why.

Tampons Could Soon Be Free For All Women in Sydney

It's a first for an Australian city.

The Woman Who Received Van Gogh's Severed Ear Has Been Identified

She was a maid at a brothel.

285,000 People Urge a Chinese Park to Free the 'World's Saddest Polar Bear'

Pizza deserves to be happy.