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What happens when you mix baking soda, detergent, and toothpaste? 3 reasons to use this combination in your kitchen

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World - / Aug 5, 2026 - Over 3,000 cases of deadly fungus Candida auris reported in US: What it is, how it spreads- explained - More than 3,100 cases of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that can cause life-threatening infections, have been reported across 23 states in the United States so far this year, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease

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World - / Aug 5, 2026 - Japan's Nagoro village lost most of its people, replaced with life-size dolls - High in the mountains of Shikoku, in Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, sits Nagoro, a village that once had over 300 residents and now has fewer than 30. What makes Nagoro unusual is not simply its decline, a familiar story across rural Japan, but what

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'Direct Missile Impact': Iran Ally Strikes Saudi Port, Oil Tanker Caught In Massive Blast | WATCH

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Bombshell Filing Claims Trump, DOJ 'Knew' Reflecting Pool Case Was Flawed Before Charges Were Filed

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Iran 'Vows' To Drive US Forces From Every Host Country In Gulf | Watch

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Trump's Golf Glory Overshadowed As 'Cheating' Caddie Video Goes Viral Again

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North Korea's Missile Unit 'Heads To Russia' As Kim-Putin War Alliance Expands Near Ukraine

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Trump's Golf Score Sparks Fresh Scrutiny After Viral Leaderboard Video Raises Eyebrows

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Bengal tiger vs Siberian tiger: What's the difference?

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The Barack Obama blueprint: Healthy habits that help the former US President stay energetic and resilient at 65

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8 ORDINARY MOMENTS THAT LEAVE A LIFELONG IMPACT ON YOUR CHILD

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Stacy Brooks expected to dislike downtown Minneapolis, but a one-year trial changed her mind; she and her husband are now negotiating to buy their condo

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In 1942, Oregon built an entire city that grew to around 40,000 residents; six years later, a flood erased it from the map

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Texas has been using discarded Christmas trees on its beaches for years, and they're quietly helping sea turtles survive

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Donald Trump's immigration crackdown hits US military families; over 50 spouses, parents detained

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California will close the westbound Zampa Bridge for 53 hours to replace part of its deck, creating a major weekend detour between Vallejo and the East Bay

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Quote of the day by Mother Teresa: "I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than..." - a timeless lesson on choosing kindness over perfection

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Quote of the day by Elon Musk: 'One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy'

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Rebecca DePaula was an NYPD officer, pastor and mother of three; her family is demanding an investigation after she died following surgery in the Dominican Republic

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US Marine veteran serving as Las Vegas police officer killed in shootout with armed suspect

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Hawaii has remained snake-free for millions of years, and the reason lies in how the islands were born

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In 2011, Mount Rainier used helicopters to transport thousands of native plants into trampled meadows; more than 90% of about 85,000 plantings survived

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After losing both grandparents, 17-year-old Hudson Waters recreated their Illinois home inside a backyard shed using their furniture, flowers and decorations

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After disappearing for decades, seven beavers returned to California's Tule River and began restoring the landscape

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In 2025, helicopters dropped 400 logs into Washington's Pilchuck River: 28 engineered logjams now slow floodwaters and rebuild lost salmon habitat

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Meet Theo Quenee, the South Florida teen who turned his rooftop into a greenhouse for 524 hurricane-scattered mangroves

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Peace talks abroad, protests at home: The many contradictions shaping Pakistan today

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Hand grenade explosion kills 3 in northwest Pakistan

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NOC to travel outside Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi - Pakistan restricts foreign journalists amid PoK crackdown

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Over 30 operatives killed by 'Indian agents' since 2020: LeT commander

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'How do you explain US, China?' Former India envoy counters Pakistan army's 'kaafir' remark

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'Long history of unlawful violence': Global watchdogs condemn Pakistan's crackdown in PoK

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Indian agents killed over 30 LeT operatives in Pakistan since 2020, claims Lashkar leader

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'They'll arrest us at hospitals': PoK protesters risk death over electricity, flour demands

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'15-year-olds shot, only asked for basic rights': Inside the deadly PoK crackdown

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'Do not befriend Kaafirs': Pakistani general levels terror allegations against India

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Pakistan restricts digital news websites reporting on PoK protests, crackdowns: Report

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'Double tap': How terrorists are trapping Pakistan's security personnel

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Peace rally in Pakistan rocked by suicide blast; 14 killed, 20 injured

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'Double standards': Pakistan rejects UN report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan strikes

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Rescuers find Nirmal Purja's body; all 10 climbers confirmed dead after avalanche on Broad Peak in PoK

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Burnt-out vehicles, rock-strewn roads, heavy security: PoK votes in second phase amid unrest

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'Students emotionally manipulated': Sheikh Hasina on 'truth' behind protests that led to her ouster

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Ahead of Hasina's presser, Bangladesh warns TV channels against broadcasting her statements

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Quote of the day by Chandrika Kumaratunga: 'Power is a joke, but it gives me the authority to do what I think I need to do for the country'

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Bangladesh seeks India's stand on Sheikh Hasina's Aug 5 virtual address

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Watch: Broad Peak avalanche that killed record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal Purja and his crew

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Hasina may make her first public appearance this week since ouster

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Sheikh Hasina ouster anniversary: Bangladesh issues nationwide alert over attack on police

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Nirmal Purja — star climber, elite British officer & MBE — dead on PoK peak

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Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in avalanche on PoK peak, says his company

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Broad Peak avalanche: Three of 10 missing climbers found dead in PoK

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47-year-old woman arrested after four men stabbed in central London

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Row erupts as UK Conservatives allow man jailed for antisemitic abuse to contest local election

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'They told you twice they don't want you': Andy Burnham reveals wife's reaction to PM bid

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to hold public inquiry, investigating Jeffrey Epstein cases

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Leeds weather forecast: Light showers and moderate breeze expected August 5th

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 5, 2026

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals, mild temperatures, and a chance of rain today

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals, 19°C high, 60% rain chance on Wednesday

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Manchester weather forecast: Mixed showers today, sunnier intervals later in the week

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Newcastle weather: Cloudy start with mild temperatures and chance of rain on August 5

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Princess Eugenie welcomes baby girl with husband Jack Brooksbank, shares first photo as royal couple become parents of three

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Over 170 migrants rescued after Channel boat catches fire; UK says 'all will be returned' to France

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What is 'Operation Fortress'? Reform UK's military plan to stop migrants crossing English Channel

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Quote of the day by Princess Diana: "Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to..." - a timeless lesson on humility, compassion and leading through kindness

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How British publisher Felix Dennis responded to England's centuries of woodland loss with a vision of planting 10 million trees in 1996

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How rose-ringed parakeets went from escaped pets to one of Britain's most recognisable birds

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Ukraine orders evacuation of Kramatorsk region as Russian strikes kills 17

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Quote of the day by Socrates: "The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in..." - why this timeless lesson on contentment still matters today

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Meet Princess Isabella: Denmark's 19-year-old royal joins the military, declines pay and enters the country's new 11-month conscription programme

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A 45,000-year-old crystal tool found in France suggests Neanderthals chose beauty as well as practicality

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Polish swimmer becomes the first person to swim from Sweden to Poland across the Baltic Sea in 55 hours

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Russia-Ukraine war intensifies: Overnight airstrikes kill 14 in Kyiv, damage warehouses, spark fire - watch

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Russian drone chases Ukrainian vegetable seller in 'safari' attack - Watch

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EU eyes tougher border controls after Ceuta migrant surge triggers alarm

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Archaeologists discover a rare 600-year-old saint statue and human bone reliquaries beneath Berlin's oldest neighbourhood

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Quote of the day by Giorgia Meloni: "To the women of this nation I want to say that being underestimated is a great advantage, because..."

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Ancient Roman women left more than 120 inscriptions inside a hidden cave in Spain dedicated to a mysterious goddess

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Europe's Danube, Rhine and Loire are shrinking under heat and drought, disrupting shipping, power generation and tourism

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Fifteen volunteers spent 40 days inside a French cave without clocks, sunlight or phones and emerged believing only 30 days had passed

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In 2022, France promised 1 billion trees within a decade; four years later, a court struck down the decree funding the programme

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US, Israel behind Cueta crisis? The geopolitics of illegal migration from Morocco to Spain

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Russia attacks Ukraine overnight, killing eight; Moscow downs 635 drones

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China develops world's first tunnel boring and blasting machine

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World's oldest amber has been found in China, and it is 65 million years older than expected

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China spent decades moving water across a continent. The world's largest diversion project now serves 185 million people

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Chinese man didn't invite his mother to his wedding because he was ashamed of her looks; boss fired him and gave her the job

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Shared beds, shrinking budgets: China's young workers feel economic squeeze

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In the 1960s, China sent hundreds of young foresters into a dying landscape. Today it is home to the world's largest man-made forest

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China built a futuristic city for 300,000 people. It soon became the world's most famous 'ghost city'

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Quote of the day by Lao Tzu: 'Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful' and a philosophy that can't be lied to

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Once known as the 'Sea of Death', China's Taklamakan Desert is turning greener with drone technology

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Quote of the day by Sun Tzu: 'If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear...' and an evergreen battle strategy

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Indian expat from Kerala killed in Dubai gas cylinder blast; colleague recalls moments before explosion

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'Extremely hazardous': Seafarers' union urges PM Modi to deploy Navy after Indian vessel sinks

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Seven blasts rock Dubai's Jebel Ali as massive fire erupts near strategic port amid Iran war

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'We'll know in 48 hours': Trump warns Iran to open Hormuz or get 'hit very hard'

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Gaza mass funeral for 112 Palestinians, including dozens of children, recovered from 2023 strike

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Iran won't escalate tensions but will defend itself, says Pezeshkian as Donald Trump claims Tehran has 'last chance'

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'Hamas must be disarmed': Netanyahu acknowledges differences with Trump over Gaza framework

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Iran planned strikes on Ukraine but backed down after Kyiv's 'apology'

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'Single route': Iran, Oman negotiate temporary Strait of Hormuz shipping corridor

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Will Iran President's next resignation be accepted? Report claims 'final ultimatum' given by Khamenei

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'We'll see how it goes': Trump says Iran talks to begin Monday after halting planned strikes

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Israel, US military learnt Trump cancelled Iran strike through social media: Report

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'Don't think Iran has ever faced a President like Trump': US secretary of state Rubio

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Trump mimics 'bing, bing, bing,' calls Patriot transfers to Ukraine a 'big step'

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Quote of the day by Mohammed bin Salman: 'I fear that the day I die, I am going to die without accomplishing what I have in my mind'

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'Prepare to depart': US embassies issue alert across Middle East amid Iran tensions

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Chinese proverb of the day: "The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials"

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82-year-old Australian cyclist died a day after completing his final charity ride across the country, raising more than A$100,000 for Motor Neurone Disease

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In 1969, a 79-year-old writer took on plans for the world's largest jetport in the Everglades; construction stopped after just one runway was built

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Yemen is hiding an island of "Dragon's Blood" trees; most of its reptiles and land snails live nowhere else on earth

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In 1876, sailors reported a 25-kilometre Pacific island; 136 years later, scientists found 1,300 metres of ocean beneath its mapped location

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Quote of the day by Arnold Schwarzenegger: Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths

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Mapmakers created a one-square-metre "Null Island" at 0°N, 0°E, where missing or broken location data can appear

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In 1971, Algeria began planting a 1,500-kilometre, 20-kilometre-wide "Green Dam" to help combat desertification across its semi-arid high plateaus

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Mauritania planted a 335-hectare forest to protect part of the Road of Hope from advancing sand dunes; the project helped keep 6.7 kilometres of road free from sand encroachment

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Antarctica is hiding a desert so dry it has changed little for millions of years: NASA says its landscape resembles Mars

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A livestream from Greenland's UNESCO-listed Ilulissat Icefjord captured a mammoth iceberg rolling over and exposing its blue underside

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Canada's Arctic has an unnamed island inside a lake, on an island, inside another lake, on Victoria Island, with no confirmed record of anyone reaching it

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Singapore is planting one million trees to cool its streets, but scientists say the biggest impact could be on air-conditioning bills

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Scientists looking for giant trees in Taiwan discovered a hidden forest filled with some of East Asia's tallest trees

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In 1978, Dick Smith towed a fake "Antarctic iceberg" into Sydney Harbour; then rain exposed the foam-covered barge

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The world's shortest-lived country existed for just 13 hours before disappearing forever

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Meet Jo Nagai: 10-year-old Japanese student who discovered butterflies can remember their time as caterpillars

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In 1994, Alabama sank 100 retired M60 battle tanks in the Gulf, giving obsolete military machines a 50-year second life as fish reefs

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos launch $200 million project to save 100 of world's most threatened species, from salamanders and pangolins to rare pigs

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North Carolina man worked 100-hour weeks for 58 years to save a bankrupt boat company, rejected a $400 million offer and gave it to charity

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Quote of the day by Arnold Schwarzenegger: "What is the point of being on this Earth if you..." - a timeless lesson on being unapologetically yourself

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Meet Nathan Thomas: 18-year-old Florida teen becomes the world's youngest male professor after breaking a 306-year-old record

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In 1948, Maine loaded white-pine seeds into a Navy plane and scattered them across 2,200 burned acres; some produced 2,475 seedlings per acre

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In 2023, a helicopter flew 90 miniature forest islands into a Washington swamp, testing whether 450 living plants could defeat invasive grass

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His grandfather paid $2,200 for an Allis-Chalmers tractor in 1953; 62 years later, Kevin Klahn bought it back and restored it

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Quote of the day by Paulo Coelho: 'If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello'

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New rules for US citizenship: Trump administration wants new educational requirement for naturalization

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How a giant iceberg travelled from Alaska to Iowa in 1977 for Saudi Arabia's ambitious plan to turn Antarctic icebergs into a freshwater source

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Mexican TikTok influencer Cesar Gastelum is shot dead during a livestream in Culiacan Sinaloa

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Across America's three coasts, 84% of wetlands are slowly submerging; only 16% are rising fast enough to keep pace with the sea

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In 937, Mount Fuji's lava swallowed fallen trees and left a narrow cave that later became revered as the mountain's womb

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Used tyres from Japan were considered a likely pathway for Asian tiger mosquitoes into Texas, helping the species spread across the United States

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