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Man Decorates House With 502,165 Holiday Lights, Shatters World Record
There's a house under there, apparently. (Guinness)More than 29 miles of wire. More than 500,000 lights. More than 70,000 visitors. Move over, Clark Griswold: You have nothing on David Richards, the...
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Why You Might Buy Electricity From Elon Musk Some Day
At first glance, there’s nothing particularly Jetsons-like about Marco Krapels’ 1940s-era home in a prosperous suburb that lies in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. Open the...
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(Robot) Robyn Is Here
When she’s not singing about being the other woman, Swedish electro-pop singer Robyn likes to sing about robots. On “The Girl and the Robot,” she tells the tale of a workaholic lover who leaves her...
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Here Is a Little Quiz for You / Can You Distinguish Blue From Blue?
In a fury, do sometimes you, descend, because of a website’s hue? (Shutterstock/Pixel 4) In aughty four, so goes the tale, Mark Zuck’berg sat, and drinking ale, He chose just how his site would look....
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5 Intriguing Things: Tuesday, 11/26
Archive.org1. Meet the Chicken of Tomorrow! Courtesy of the poultry journalism historian, Emily Pawley. "Yes, sir, make mine chicken. The chicken of tomorrow that is. [trumpet blast]" 2. The FDA...
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The One Turkey Delicacy You Probably Won't Eat This Year: 'Short Fries'
ReutersYou're familiar with Rocky Mountain oysters, right? And lamb fries? That is to say, you understand that the testicles of some animals are eaten as delicacies, or at least novelties. Well, what...
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1913: Duchess Anastasia Takes a Selfie
RetronautSelfies, selfies, everywhere: in our Facebook feeds, in our news reports, in our dictionaries. But what do these tech-enabled self portraits say about their subjects? And, indeed: What do they...
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The License That Rules the Web Just Got a Major Update
(Flickr/Giulio Zannol)A new version of the Creative Commons license came out today. It’s the fourth iteration of the legal agreement, which was first released in 2002 and has since become nearly...
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Solar Energy Was America's Sole New Power Source in October
A solar thermal power plant (Reuters).In October, power plants generating 530 megawatts of electricity came online in the United States. And every single electron put on the grid came from the sun,...
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Perhaps the Strangest Photo You'll Ever See and How It's Related to Turduckens
OK. I know I should just show you the picture because I promised it right there in the headline, but we should cover a few bases first. Number one, vegetarians—or those easily grossed out—should not...
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Armed Only With Google Earth, 2 Researchers Caught Iran Violating UN Fishing Law
Hasan Jamali/APWeapons-grade uranium isn’t the only thing Iran may be hiding. The country does not report its fishing catch to the United Nations, which is problematic given that the Persian Gulf, like...
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Misery, Mapped: A Thanksgiving Travel Guide
A true-color image of the storm system as it moved through the South and Midwest, taken November 25 by the Suomi NPP satellite (NASA/NOAA)Because storms, apparently, do not bother to celebrate...
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Irradiated Turkey, Thermostabilized Yams: Thanksgiving Dinner in Space
NASAThere are many wonderful things about being in space. The views. The floating. The many delightful things you can do with water drops. Etc. You know what's less awesome, though? The food. Sure, you...
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The Supersized American Turkey
USDAIt is an extra big Thanksgiving for turkeys this year. Mark it down: in 2013, the average weight for American produced turkey crossed 30 pounds for the first time. At least based on the January to...
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How the Comet Lost Its Tail
Right now, Comet ISON is streaking towards the sun, and astronomers anticipate it will pass through our star's atmosphere tomorrow. What they're not-so-secretly hoping is that ISON will meet the same...
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5 Intriguing Things: Wednesday, 11/27
And the earthlings gathered around their spacecraft and called it good.1. Kepler the Planet Hunter may yet live! "The approach is already in the process of being tested. If it works, Kepler will lose...
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Oh Dear—It's Now Possible to Make a Grenade in an Airport Terminal
(Shutterstock/erashov) Updated, 1 p.m. On Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of Americans will wait in line at a TSA security check. They’ll unbuckle their belts, take off their shoes, and get...
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The Edible Instagram
BoomfI like to think it started like this. "You know what's wrong with your Instagrams?" said the one. "Um, what?" said the other, her mind scanning the possibilities: poor filter choice, skewed...
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Big Oil's Thanksgiving Gift
United States Energy Information AdministrationMother Nature is not being kind to Thanksgiving travelers: More than 200 flights have been canceled today due to East Coast storms. But Big Oil has...
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31 Food Manufacturing Ads to Dull Your Thanksgiving Appetite
The original Edible Arrangement eschewed the strawberries and pineapple for the salami, potato chips, and candy corn. (Journal of Food Technology)I love food technology because it's such a strange...
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