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How This ‘Slow’, ‘Clumsy’ And Seriously Weird Animal Has Outsmarted Death
Many animals endemic to islands have gone the proverbial “way of the dodo”, including, well, the dodo. Island species face some of the toughest climate and human-induced challenges, and some of them just don’t make it out alive. But new research shows how one strange creature — the solenodon — was able to escape extinction…
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Italians Have Been Getting Blitzed On Wine For A Very Long Time
When we think about wine in Italian history, we think of the booze-soaked bacchanalias of ancient Rome. But it turns out that Italians were using wine to get their drunk on long before that, as evidenced by an exciting new discovery of the region’s oldest vino near a Copper Age site in Sicily. It’s a…
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The Romans Could Have Been Poisoned By Something Deadlier Than Lead
There are very few absolutely true things in this life, but one of them is you shouldn’t drink lead. Historians have long believed that ancient Romans learned this the hard way — it’s been said that lead used in water pipes and cooking materials could have poisoned Romans and contributed to their downfall. Now, new…
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Dogs Are Turning Blue In India For The Saddest Reason
All stories about dogs should be Good Stories, which is why the situation in Taloja, India is especially heartbreaking. Recently, photos and videos of blue pooches in the industrial town have cropped up online, raising the obvious question: What the hell happened?