She was captured and enslaved 400 years ago. Now Angela symbolizes a brutal history.

Angela’s arrival in Jamestown in 1619 marked the beginning of a subjugation that left millions in chains
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Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts

Fisherman in Norway raised alarm after white beluga whale sporting unusual strapping began harassing their boats
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A Voice For Nature

The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person. A nearby forest is too. Soon, the government will grant a mountain legal personhood as well. Here's how it happened, and what it may mean.
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Why Ulysses S. Grant’s reputation improves as other presidents lose stature

A monument at West Point can help Americans rediscover a leader whose moral example is much needed today.
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Come enjoy exciting Tokyo! [NSFW]

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'Chernobyl' Review: HBO’s Haunting Miniseries Will Emotionally Destroy You

What you need to know about Chernobyl, HBO’s 5-episode miniseries from Craig Mazin, is that you cannot understand how deeply it will destroy the very fabric of your being until you see it. Which is, strangely, analogous to the fallout from the meltdown of Chernobyl reactor #4. As it was happening, and in its immediate aftermath, no one understood what it meant. “You are dealing with something that has never happened on this planet before!” says scientist Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) when attempting to impress upon the Kremlin the unknowable scope of the event, which took place in April of 1986.
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The Terrifying Potential of 5G Technology

The future of wireless technology holds the promise of total connectivity. But it will also be especially susceptible to cyberattacks and surveillance.
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How Russia wants to control the internet

All the stages have been passed for President Putin to sign the controversial 'sovereign internet' bill into law. This is part of the Kremlin's wider aim to control internet access for Russians, which critics say is a form of censorship.
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The English vegetable picked by candlelight

Forced rhubarb – a vegetable deprived of sunlight for extra sweetness – has been eaten in Yorkshire for centuries. Now the culinary treasure is having a renaissance.
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Cursed and Sold

Virtually all the Nigerian women forced into prostitution in Germany were bound to their madams through a bizarre voodoo curse. One year ago, the spiritual leader Oba Ewuare II issued a countercurse in the hope of putting a stop to human-trafficking in the region. Has it helped? A visual story by Alexander Epp and Olaf Heuser.
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Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State

In Ecuador, cameras capture footage to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. The surveillance system’s origin: China.
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China’s Pig Pandemic Should Worry Everyone

The way officials have responded to the spread of African swine fever has brought back uncomfortable memories of SARS.
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War Happens in Dark Places, Too

In thick woods and swamplands and on small river islands, they bided their time. By Keri Leigh Merritt.
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Reporter Sharmine Narwani on the secret history of America's defeat in Syria

After years covering the "main battlefield in World War III," Narwani says everything you think you know is wrong. By Patrick Lawrence.
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This Conversation Between A Passenger And An Airline Should Absolutely Terrify You

A conversation between a passenger and an airline has gone viral, largely because people find it intensely creepy. MacKenzie Fegan went to the airport last
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Downsized dwellings: Inside Tokyo's tiny living spaces

Twenty-five-year-old Sotaro Ito lives in a 9.46-square-meter apartment with a loft in the capital's retro-hip Koenji district...
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How French's ketchup took a bite out of Heinz

French's sustained success in Canada is likely due to a combination of ingredients, including continuous free publicity and a Canadian-made ketchup that also offers a taste and price consumers find palatable.
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Simbakubwa kutokaafrika: Enormous prehistoric predator bigger than a saber toothed tiger discovered

The “hypercarnivore” lived 22 million years ago and probably ate the ancestors of hippos and elephants.
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39 of the most hilarious messages on the Penthouse strip club's legendary marquee

Vancouver's historical Penthouse Night Club has been adding hysterical messages to it's marquee sign for the last few years. Here are some of the best.
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Māori loanwords in NZ English are less about meaning, more about identity

Usually, a minor language will adopt words from a dominant language, but NZ English bucks this trend. It has been borrowing a growing number of Māori words, not always to add meaning but to mark identity.
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A beginners guide to marijuana

Curious about cannabis? Here, take a hit of this
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Man Restores Spitfire in Front Garden

Paul Linsell's World War Two replica, which he spent seven years restoring, is going on display at a museum.
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A Detroit bathhouse cleans up its act. Welcome to the Schvitz.

Can it be a Detroit spa destination?
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The Rise of VICTIMHOOD Culture on Campus - Seeing People as GOOD or EVIL - Jonathan Haidt

A bit risky, but a point of view to be examined.
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French internet cops issue terrorist takedown for… Grateful Dead recordings?

Internet Archive perplexed and annoyed over idiotic demands
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At Montreux Jazz Festival 2016

Daughter
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‘I Make Six Figures As a Travel Influencer’

Former French teacher Oneika Raymond now gets paid to travel the world.
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The Banknotes That Changed The World

The Australian Dollar truly changed the world with the release of the first polymer banknote in 1988, and continues to lead the planet in terms of banknote technology and innovation today.
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Take a Look Inside Some Abandoned Secret Mansions in Italy

Thomas Jorion spent ten years photographing the faded glory of empty palaces and summer homes.
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The Camino de Santiago's Ancient Secret

Cape Finisterre’s mythical pull has drawn travellers since the time of antiquity. But with the rise of Christianity, the route to ‘the end of the world’ became all but forgotten.
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America Just Declared War on Iran and Nobody Blinked

After a destabilizing move by Trump, it's no longer a question of if U.S. forces will die but when. By Scott Ritter.
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Explainer: what charges does Julian Assange face, and what's likely to happen next?

If the Swedish charges against Assange are revived he could face a second extradition request, on top of the existing request from the US. Then it will be up to the UK to decide which to prioritise.
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South Korea once recycled 2% of its food waste. Now it recycles 95%

A compulsory recycling scheme in South Korea has dramatically cut the amount of food the country throws away. Here's how it works. 
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The Subversive, Surprising History of Curry Powder

One of India’s most popular gastronomic exports tells a tale of empire.
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World's Tallest Indoor Waterfall Unveiled

The 40-meter high Rain Vortex inside Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore. A sprawling retail complex with the world's tallest indoor waterfall is what Singapore hopes will bring more travellers.
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Fort Sumter

The opening shot of the Civil War was fired on Fort Sumter, 4:30 a.m. April 12, 1861.
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To Wrest Back Rule of Law in Poland, Might EU Bureaucracy Finally Work?

A European Commission procedure may rein in a Polish government assault on rule of law, and might protect democracy elsewhere in the EU, too.
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Justin Trudeau has fallen for his own image

When a leader decides they have all the answers, and want the levers of democracy to align to their vision, only bad things can happen. By Adnan R. Khan.
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Why airlines make flights longer on purpose

Ever wondered why flight times seem to be getting longer? It’s called "padding", a phenomenon that helps airlines arrive on time – but at a cost.
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Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter (paywall)

A quest to understand how human intelligence evolved raises some ethical questions.
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Deputies surround burglar in Oregon home, guns drawn on the Roomba. It's started.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) – Deputies responding to a 911 call for a "burglary in progress" at an Oregon woman’s home ended up catching the culprit – a robotic vacuum that was trapped in her bathroom.
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New species of ancient human discovered in Philippines cave

Homo luzonensis fossils found in Luzon island cave, dating back up to 67,000 years
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At last, Brexit explained in two words: Basil Fawlty

It’s all there in the 70s sitcom Fawlty Towers – the rage, the insularity, the status anxiety, says columnist Alex Clark
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'It went in beautifully as the postman was passing': the story of the Headington Shark

Oxford city council immediately opposed the installation of the shark. At first, they said it was dangerous to the public, but engineers and inspectors pronounced it structurally safe.
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Chinese province deploys real-time GPS trackers to monitor workers

Sanitation workers in China say they are being forced to wear GPS trackers in the latest report detailing the nation’s growing dystopia. According to a local news source, the trackers were is…
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How Dickens, Brontë and Eliot influenced Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh spent three years in London and delighted in Britain’s literary heritage, a love that is explored in a new Tate show
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What Saving a Detroit Baseball Stadium Means for Black History

Preservationists are finally rallying to save what were once “the heartbeat" of black communities—like Hamtramck Stadium, the home of the Detroit Stars.
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The Scams Are Winning

Late last month—shortly after the special counsel’s office delivered the results of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election to the Justice Department (and shortly after Attorney General William Barr sent his four-page summary of the years-in-the-making report to Congress, and shortly after President Donald Trump summed up the summary by declaring that report amounted to a “Total EXONERATION”)—the University of Southern California law professor Orin Kerr posted a tweet.
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Meet the Rare Swimming Wolves That Eat Seafood

Unlike its interior cousins, gray wolves of Vancouver Island live with two paws in the ocean and two paws on land.
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Kitchen spices look startlingly different in the wild

Spices have been giving our lives pizazz for millennia, but many of us wouldn't recognize them out in the wild.
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