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A Harvard study finds that the thousands of dams humans have built over the last couple centuries have locked up so much water it's actually affected Earth's poles! We'll try to explain.
Today in 1972, a break-in at the Watergate hotel that kicked off a huge political scandal... and also, somehow, gave a gelatin dessert the name "Watergate salad."
There's a new musical work that is, maybe, kind of, sort of from a composer who’s been gone for several years.
Today in 1923, the birthday of Cordell Jackson, a guitarist who rocked out exactly the way she wanted to for over half a century.
A company famous for its advertising jokingly offered its customers a chance to go to the Red Planet, and a very serious customer tried to get them to follow through.
Today in 1983, Quiet Riot released its massive hit single "Cum On Feel The Noize," though they kind of tried to tank the recording session at the time.
Wyoming's license plates feature a silhouette of a cowboy riding a bucking horse. The story of which horse and which rider inspired that silhouette is a bit of a bumpy ride.
News reports in 2006 made it sound like scientists had proven that cows had regional accents like people do, only the story was a little more complicated than that.
It's National Ice Cream Sundae Day, which might be a good day to visit Potter, Nebraska, the birthplace of the Tin Roof Sundae.
Lots of people have warned about robot invasions, but not like the one we’re about to tell you about.
