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World - / Aug 12, 2026 - Quote of the day by Peter Thiel: 'First mover advantage is a trap, it's much better to be the last mover' PayPal founder Peter Thiel contradicted the well-known business lesson that being the first mover in a sector has its own advantage and suggested that it is highly overrated and a trap. Because first-movers can become unseated by a new entrant and he

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World - / Aug 11, 2026 - Middle East standoff: Why Gulf states may accept that Iran will control the Strait of Hormuz - Gulf energy producers have acknowledged Iran's assertion of control over the critical Strait of Hormuz. This development occurs amidst attempts to resume passage through this essential route, which are stymied by ongoing tensions. Governments in the region prioritize peace over export delays, while Iran aims for financial easing and a prohibition of international warships, extending the disruption of global energy channels.

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Quote of the day by Michael Bloomberg: 'I'm not smarter than anybody else but I can outwork you', and a controversial career advice

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In 1929, a Tennessee farmer refused $20 an acre for 375 acres wanted for Great Smoky Mountains National Park; after years in court, he received $17,000 and lost the farm

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Indian student charged for killing 81-year-old man in Florida after driving Cadillac like a bullet at 100mph, attorney asks court to allow him to return to Columbia University

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Trump promises 'a great cheeseburger' to marine veteran freed from Russian prison

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Trump's Turkey takeout: World's most protected man was spirited out in a catering container

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Maryland's first human composting facility offers an alternative to burial and cremation through natural organic reduction

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Deported multiple times, Mexico man sneaks back into US; gets 20 years for exploiting 2 minors

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'Discontent answered with bullets': MEA slams Pakistan over PoK crackdown

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After weeks of violent protests, PoK votes in final election phase amid PTI, JAAC boycott calls

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LeT man dies in Pakistan after meal, speculation of poisoning

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From 'enemies' to 'patriotic brothers': Pakistan changes stance on PoK protesters ahead of polls

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'Shouldn't be exclusive club': Pak minister seeks Nato-like Islamic military alliance

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'There needs to be accountability': UN warns Pakistan over crackdown on peaceful PoK protesters

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'Exercise restraint, act according to law': US urges Pakistan amid PoK crackdown

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Unknown gunmen kill Pakistani policeman, abduct another in separate incidents

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Pakistan's crackdown in PoK: How Islamabad is tightening information chokehold amid global scrutiny

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Imran Khan's three years in jail spark protests across Pakistan; over 100 held

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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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Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman raises Hasina extradition with Indian envoy

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Balen ends 'envoy snub' with India-first reset; meets China envoy within hours

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'Need conducive environment': Bangladesh PM on India ties as Hasina eyes return to Dhaka

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Indian envoy meets Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman days after Sheikh Hasina's address in Delhi

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16 Bangladeshi workers killed in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh sofa factory blaze

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Eight Nepalese parties form 'Progressive Front' with constitution amendment as key agenda

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India 'playing Hasina card', says Bangladesh home minister

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Exiled Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib Al Hasan willing to return, face murder trial if safety assured

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Clarify Dhaka policy: Bangladesh to India after Hasina's presser

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B'desh student party leaders accuse Hasina of trying to create unrest from Indian soil

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Row erupts over plans to convert listed pub in UK into mosque

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Solar eclipse craze grips UK: Brits stuck in hours-long queues as glasses fly off shelves

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King Charles' death falsely announced, followed by national anthem and 16 minutes of silence; UK radio station breached broadcast standards

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Quote of the day by Agatha Christie: "If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot..." - a sharp lesson on risk, responsibility and thinking before you act

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England recorded driest July in 190 years with just 6.5mm of rain as drought and water stress deepen

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UK Muslim charity under terror probe over alleged Hamas ties after senior figure arrested in US case

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In 1927, Welsh naturalist Ronald Lockley moved his family onto an uninhabited island; he later helped create Britain's first bird observatory there

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In 1965, two British sisters bought a Cornish Island for £22,000; they lived there for nearly 40 years and left it forever protected as a wildlife reserve

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Liverpool weather: Sunny skies and rising temperatures expected August 11-17

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny skies and rising temperatures August 11-16

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Birmingham weather: Sunny skies and rising temperatures expected August 11-14

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London weather forecast: Sunny skies and mild temperatures on August 11, 2026

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Leeds weather: Sunny skies and rising temperatures expected August 11-13

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Newcastle weather forecast: Sunny skies and mild temperatures expected August 11-17, 2026

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Harry Potter fans get £430m power link between UK, Ireland rerouted to save Dobby's 'grave'

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British couple jailed in Iran over spying charges end 3-month hunger strike, family demands release

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Putin's vacation home exposed to attack, missile launch pad guarding Putin's Palace blazing for three hours after drone strike: Report

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A diver found a $3 million gold cross in a Spanish shipwreck; 20 years later, it vanished from a museum

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Europe's solar eclipse comes amid extreme heat and severe wildfire risk

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Russian missile, air bomb strikes kill 6 in Ukraine; fires reported in Kyiv

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Over 95% of Ukrainian PoWs report torture, ill-treatment in Russian captivity: United Nations

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Reviving a dead lake: Marker Wadden project creates new ecosystems; wildlife rapidly returns to transformed habitats

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Italy's Andrea Doria sank in 1956, but divers still explore its dangerous wreck despite 18 deaths

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'It wasn't a rock': Roman shipwreck over 2,000 years old discovered off Sicily

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12 killed, 39 injured as Ukrainian drones strike civilian sites, oil refinery in Russia

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A French winemaker spent €4 million on 6,000 solar panels to protect grapes from heat and hail, but lost the official cognac label

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Quote of the day by Arthur Schopenhauer: 'Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see' and the philosophy behind revolutionary thinking

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Denmark shooting: Several wounded as police suspect gang-related feud

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7 civilians killed in Russia-Ukraine overnight strikes; Moldova reports drone explosion

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'Situation in Ukraine difficult': Zelensky in Moscow ally Serbia as Russian strikes kill 4 in Kyiv region

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Budapest's low Danube exposed two German soldiers and a DKW military motorcycle; mud mixed with gas oil preserved identity discs after around 80 years

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Quote of the day by Marco Polo: 'I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed', and how reality could be much larger than human imagination

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Typhoon Dolphin batters China: Hundreds of flights cancelled, lakhs evacuated as floods hit east

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'I still miss him': China's AI crackdown leaves users mourning lost virtual boyfriends

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Watch: Chinese rocket explodes shortly after liftoff from Wenchang spaceport

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Over 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin hits eastern China; 1,400 Shanghai flights cancelled

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Women's public role shrinks in China as official rhetoric shift towards family: Study

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Quote of the day by Zhuangzi: 'Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education' and why carrots and sticks can kill the desire to learn

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Typhoon Dolphin: Shanghai airports cancel 1,300 flights as China evacuates thousands

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Discipline industry in China charges $4k for 6 mths to 'fix' adults in forced detention

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Typhoon Dolphin nears China: Flights disrupted, ports shut as storm strengthens

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For centuries, China's hanging coffins had no known builders. Ancient DNA now points to the Bo people

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Three Pakistanis, one Indonesian killed in Houthi attack on cargo ship in Bab el-Mandeb

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Indians can get UAE visa free for 3 months: Check eligibility, rules and booking process

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Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

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'Iran should pay': Trump seeks compensation from Tehran for '50 years of damage'

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'Compulsive addiction to sanctions': Iran mocks Trump admin's 'suffocating' threat

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Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei fills 6 top military posts amid wartime leadership overhaul

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Iran planning to release more public images of Mojtaba Khamenei amidst global scrutiny

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More than 20 US warships deployed against Iran in Hormuz; 55 vessels redirected

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Trump's Iran 'victory' within reach? Tehran raises stakes over Hormuz

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Iran appoints former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei as top security official amid Strait of Hormuz talks

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Supreme Leader Khamenei footage to be released 'in future', Iran says as reports claim he is close to 'dead'

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'We know how to stand up to American ideas': Israeli PM Netanyahu rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza plan

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'Missile for missile, fire for fire': Iraq militia vows retaliation against US, Saudi Arabia

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Houthi attack suspected at Saudi gas facility in Jubail; Aramco Jazan fire extinguished

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Egypt may join new defence alliance: Turkey expects Cairo to sign pact with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia

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Chinese man spends 500,000 yuan on a 'flash marriage', only to discover his wife's hidden past; matchmaking scams leave men broke and betrayed, 128 victims hit

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World's longest national road in Australia is 14,500 km long and forms a giant loop around the continent, crossing deserts, rainforests and major cities

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Malaysia's Princess Ilyana, 29, married British GT racer Chris Froggatt, 32; the multi-day Kuala Lumpur wedding blended royal traditions with motorsport

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Your will may not decide where your super goes: About 15.7 million Australians are estimated to lack a binding death-benefit nomination

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A billionaire bought a dying Scottish island for $2.2 million and spent $135 million bringing it back to life with 100,000 trees, restored homes and new community spaces

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Singapore began releasing millions of Wolbachia mosquitoes in 2016 to fight dengue. Years later, the experiment showed why not every mosquito is the enemy

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Assyria's own records left out three kings, and new evidence is revealing who they were and why they disappeared

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Ireland's white-tailed eagles went extinct due to human persecution, now the country has released 245 chicks in the wild about 100 years later

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Brazil lost the Spix's macaw from the wild for more than 20 years, then conservationists released captive-bred birds back into the Caatinga

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Montreal man, 51, charged with death threats against Canadian PM Mark Carney

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In 1936, a Rockefeller heir gave a Canadian island to a college for $1 on one condition: it had to remain a bird sanctuary

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Congo's Ebola death toll crosses 2,000 as country battles fastest-growing outbreak

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The island on New Zealand's $5 note once held 200,000 rats; a 19-person team cleared them all, and native birds returned

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In 1991, German development worker Sibylle Riedmiller invested her savings in an uninhabited island; three years later, its reef became a protected sanctuary.

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Australia removed rats, mice and rabbits from Macquarie Island after nearly 200 years, and seabirds and native vegetation are now recovering

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In 1970, Sylvia Earle led five women into an underwater lab for 14 days, helping prove humans could live and work beneath the sea

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In 1970, a Texas couple refused to sell land inside a proposed national park; in 1972, a court awarded them $55,000 and lifetime rights to remain

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In 2008, Spain began filling a 300-metre-deep coal mine with 547 billion litres of water; four years later, it became one of the country's largest artificial lakes

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Hoover Dam's construction submerged a US town in 1935: 90 years later, Lake Mead's falling water levels are helping it reemerge

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In 2012, Yonkers tore up a downtown parking lot to uncover a river buried for decades; within six months it had created 14,000 sq ft of aquatic habitat

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Meet Zac Waters, the 13-year-old Utah boy who spent 300 hours 3D-printing a wheelchair for a 21-month-old girl

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In 1962, an Indiana family rejected $25,000 for two acres; by 1969, their land stood as an island of nature surrounded by industrial sprawl

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In 2016, a biologist entered a remote Pacific Atoll five years after its rats were removed; she documented a 5,000% explosion in native tree seedlings

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Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: "When something's uncomfortable, it means you're actually..." - a lesson on stepping outside your comfort zone

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Meet Japan's 'women of the sea': 80-year-old diver dives into cold waters without an oxygen tank to harvest seafood using a centuries-old tradition

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Quote of the day by Michael Jordan: "The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me...." - a powerful lesson in commitment, discipline and fulfilment

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New Haven turned a capped landfill into a 1,920-panel solar farm; the site now powers about 200 homes and pays the city $72,000 a year

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In 1910, New Zealand farmers abandoned cattle on a storm-battered island; after 83 years in isolation, one last cow helped save their unique bloodline

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Indian Jazz guitarist Pritesh Walia detained by ICE, claim friends and family; phone taken away

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Quote of the day by Elon Musk: "When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor" - a lesson on conviction, risk and pursuing goals worth the uncertainty

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California woman refused to sell her home despite repeated lucrative offers; developers eventually built a 246-unit apartment complex around her house covering five acres

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Atlanta reused a nearly 7,000-pound wind turbine blade as a 50-foot pedestrian bridge; the retired Colorado blade now carries walkers through Beaverbrook Park

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In 1942, Crazy Horse's sacred medicine bundle was buried underground in Nebraska; decades later, the family returned to find its landmark gone

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Why is Chud The Builder finally out of jail after two months? Here's what we know

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Asked to solve a lab test, AI hacked the internet instead: When agents start doing things nobody told them to do

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In 2015, a North Carolina landlord rejected multiple offers for his tiny dive bar's property, so developers built 323 apartments around it

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