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Where DID "Cotton Eye Joe" Come From? (Plus, Dating Advice from a Feng Shui Expert)
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Newsletter Item for (82584): The Long History Behind the Song "Cotton Eye Joe"
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Newsletter Item for (82584): The Long History Behind the Song "Cotton Eye Joe"
Newsletter Item for (77285): 11 Secrets of Former Blockbuster Employees
Newsletter Item for (84438): How to Feng Shui Your Home to Attract Love, According to an Expert
Newsletter Item for (81002): Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mantis Heralds New Era of Species Identification
Newsletter Item for (89660): Could Feeding Seaweed to Cows Help Save the Climate?
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11 Words and Phrases You Didn’t Know Had Opposites
8 Must-Have Products for Dog and Cat Owners
A Soft Robot That Can Move Like a Human Thumb
Scientists Unlock the Secret to Super-Tough Antlers
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Barry Manilow did not write his hit song “I Write the Songs.”

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Newsletter Subject: 
What Happened to Waterbeds? (Plus: The Mysterious Case of the Stolen Poop Sculpture)
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Newsletter Item for (71404): What Ever Happened To Waterbeds?
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Newsletter Item for (69911): How Olympic Sprinter Stella Walsh Nearly Lost Her Medals Because of Her Autopsy
Newsletter Item for (81427): A Spanish Town’s Giant Inflatable Poop Sculpture Has Been Stolen
Newsletter Item for (88648): The Delicious History of the Nation's Oldest Chinese-American Restaurant
Newsletter Item for (82506): Why Lady Mantises Eat Their Mates
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10 Warm Facts About Huskies
New Vaccines May Prevent Fatal Opioid Overdoses
The Real People Who Inspired 8 Famous Superheroes
The Time a Scotsman Played Bagpipes for a Penguin in Antarctica
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There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.

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Newsletter Item for (89660): Could Feeding Seaweed to Cows Help Save the Climate?

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Could Feeding Seaweed to Cows Help Save the Climate?
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Shaunacy Ferro, Senior Writer: How can you not love a story that leads with an image of cows on a beach? Plus, it’s hard not to be a sucker for that rare climate change story that has a little hope in it … and a lot of cow farts.

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Newsletter Item for (85984): Retrobituaries: Benjamin Banneker, the African-American Mathematician Who May Have Saved Washington, D.C.

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Benjamin Banneker, the African-American Mathematician Who May Have Saved Washington, D.C.
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The U.S. capital might have been a very different place if not for the surveying work of Benjamin Banneker.

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Newsletter Item for (81002): Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mantis Heralds New Era of Species Identification

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mantis Heralds New Era of Species Identification

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Kate Horowitz, Science Writer: It’s time to take a closer look at lady insects’ private parts. This story has everything—and by “everything,” I mean bugs, genitals, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and kicking a half-century of sexist science in the shins.

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Newsletter Item for (84438): How to Feng Shui Your Home to Attract Love, According to an Expert

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How to Feng Shui Your Home to Attract Love, According to an Expert

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Abbey Stone, Senior Editor: Always willing to get personal in order to get a great story, Shaunacy Ferro enlists the help of a feng shui expert in order to jump back into dating after a breakup.

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