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Rare Physical Evidence of Roman Crucifixion Found in Britain (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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The planet has lost half of its coral reefs since 1950 (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Amateur Metal-Detectorist Finds Viking 'Piggy Bank' Filled With 1,000-Year-Old Silver Coins (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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The True Story of Netflix's 'This Is a Robbery' (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Neanderthals appeared to have been a lot smarter than we originally thought (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Satellite imagery shows Northern California kelp forests have collapsed (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Archaeologists in Turkey unearth 2,500-year-old Temple of Aphrodite (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Melting Russian Permafrost Yields New Woolly Rhino Specimen (www.smithsonianmag.com)

posted by Justintoxicated on Science

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Humans wiped out two-thirds of the world’s wildlife in 50 years (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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How 1960s Mouse Utopias Led to Grim Predictions for Future of Humanity (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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The Story of Charles Willson Peale’s Massive Mastodon (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Fishing Has Stopped. Will Fish Recover? (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Smithsonian releases 2.8 Million images into public domain (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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How the Potato Changed the World (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Start of 2020 Ushers Thousands of Once-Copyrighted Works Into the Public Domain (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Inside Slab City, a Squatters’ Paradise in Southern California (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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September 13, 1848: Railroad Worker Phineas Gage Has 43 inch Tampering Iron Shot into his Skull - An Event the Spurs Study of the Brain (www.smithsonianmag.com)

posted by Justintoxicated on HistoryToday

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September 9, 9 C.E.: Battle of Teutoburg Forest: Alliance of Germanic Tribes Annihilates Roman Army (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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July 23, 1968: Glenville Shootout in Cleveland Sparks Racial Tension (www.smithsonianmag.com)

posted by Justintoxicated on HistoryToday

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Twice as Many Fishing Vessels Are Chasing Fewer Fish on the World's Oceans - Since 1950, the number of boats has gone from 1.7 million to 3.7 million, even though fish stocks have crumbled (www.smithsonianmag.com)

posted by Kannibal on FoodForThought

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Since 1950, the number of boats has gone from 1.7 million to 3.7 million, even though fish stocks have crumbled (www.smithsonianmag.com)

posted by smallpond on Conservation

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These Maps Capture the Rivers That Pulse Through Our World (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Earliest Human Remains Outside Africa Were Just Discovered in Israel | Science | Smithsonian (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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March 5, 1953: Death of Stalin (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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February 5, 1917: Congress Overrides President Wilson’s Veto and Passes the Immigration Act of 1917 (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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