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It’s that time of year again: The National Trust For Historic Preservation has published is annual list of of the…

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It only took more than a century, but we now know how tall the Washington Monument really stands thanks to—you…

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Saqqara, in Egypt, is the oldest stone complex ever built by humans—and within it sits the oldest pyramid in Egypt.…

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Once upon a time, CDs were a shiny new technology with a promise of lasting (nearly) forever. In those halcyon days…

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