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Before She Changed The World Of Flying, Bessie Coleman Was An Award-Winning Manicurist

Some people seem to be good at everything they do.

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The Real-Life Festivus Holiday Was Maybe Even Weirder Than The One On “Seinfeld”

Long before it was on TV, a family in New York state had its own holiday.

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Fred Thomas Played In The World Series While He Was On Active Duty In The US Navy

And his two jobs led to a pretty big custom in modern American sports.

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Yo-Yos Work A Little Differently In Space Than Here On Earth

The yo-yo has been around in some forms since ancient times, and there have even been a few occasions when it’s gone into space.

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When It’s Sheep Shearing Time In Wales, It’s Time To Break Out The Special Shearing Cake

Ahead of National Hug a Sheep Day on Saturday, the story of a special treat that farmers in Wales used to make: Sheep-Shearing Cake.

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How Ford Put A Mustang High Up On The Empire State Building

Today in 1965, there was an unusual visitor high atop New York’s famous Empire State Building: a Ford Mustang. And it took some doing to get it up there.

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The Hearing Car Is Testing Whether Self-Driving Vehicles Need More Senses On The Road

Autonomous vehicles have high-tech systems to see “see” what’s around them on the roads. A project in Germany asks if these cars also need to be listening to what’s around them too.

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A Radio Show In Tennessee Told Listeners They Had To Recycle Their Old-Style $20 Bills

As a Halloween week prank in 1998, DJs in Tennessee said people had to exchange their old $20 bills for the new ones, or they would become worthless.

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Otto The Octopus Was Really Good At Getting Into Mischief

For World Octopus Day, the story of Otto, who proved that not only is an octopus clever, it can be a little too clever.

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Nadia Sparkes Started Picking Up Litter On The Way To School And Became “Trash Girl”

A young person in the UK made pretty much every day a cleanup day.

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How Pink Floyd Got A Man On Fire Onto An Album Cover

Pink Floyd's album Wish You Were Here is a landmark both musically and visually, thanks to its fiery, one of a kind cover.

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Most School Buses Are Bright Yellow For Exactly The Reasons You’d Probably Expect

The buses kids will start using this fall will be very similar to ones dating back to 1939, when a bunch of experts chose a bright shade of yellow as the standard school bus color.

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