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And what other cities are vying for top spot?
Were these late-blooming teeth ever useful to humans?
Does that make them easier to swat?
What are the largest three?
Depending on the survey, it may be blue, teal or anything in between.
There's good news and bad news.
What makes that sea-like sound?
Nature always finds a way.
Feline qualities were apparently next to godliness.
The idea of a "mummy's curse" actually precedes Tut's discovery.
Relative to body size?
Beer's effervescence affects its flavor.
The number is increasing fast, which is problematic.
It took more than 20 years to translate the Rosetta stone.
Sharks have lived on Earth for at least 450 million years.
This fire has been burning for at least 5,500 years.
How does dating (scientifically speaking) work?
Depends how you measure it.
Since antiquity, people have celebrated the end of singledom.
Two of the texts are different scripts for the same language.
No, it was part of a concerted and sexist effort by revolutionaries to undermine...
The less massive an object is, the less round it is.
For these gregarious animals, 'alone time' is a fantasy.
The dodo? The woolly mammoth? Think again.
It depends how you count, but at least three.
If it does, you can blame it on the bubbles.
