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Trump-Xi Summit, Self-Medicating Elephants, and Hairy Questions

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Trump-Xi Summit
  1. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.18 · Donald Trump redefined presidential communication in the social media age
  2. 0.40 · news-in-context · keep 0.24 · See who sat where at the US-China state dinner and why
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Data Center Headwinds
  1. 0.55 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · Data center power demands have delayed the retirement of coal plants
  2. 0.53 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · Research suggests AI data centers may be creating microclimate heat islands
  3. 0.52 · news-in-context · keep 0.18 · Data center companies are worsening housing undersupply in some regional markets.
  4. 0.51 · news-in-context · keep 0.33 · By 2028, data center power consumption may equal 22% of US households
  5. 0.49 · news-in-context · keep 0.53 · Noise from data centers may disrupt wildlife and local residents
  6. 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.21 · Cryptocurrency and data center growth are expected to increase greenhouse gas emissions
  7. 0.48 · news-in-context · keep 0.25 · AI is estimated to drive most data center power demand growth through 2030
  8. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.45 · Despite accounting for less than 1% of the country's water consumption in 2023, US data centers' water use for cooling and electricity generation can increase water stress in drought-affected areas.
  9. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.48 · According to the International Energy Agency, hyperscale data centers consume about as much electricity annually as 400,000 electric vehicles to provide 24/7 access to online applications, services, and information.
  10. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.12 · Since 2025, AI data center growth has created shortages and price hikes in graphics processing units and their supporting hardware, including high-speed memory.
  11. 0.44 · news-in-context · keep 0.14 · Fracking rates may increase with the construction of new data centers
  12. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.39 · Carbon-neutral data centers may be possible if built within wind turbines
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Elephants' Forest Pharmacy
  1. 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.47 · Possessing trunks that contain about 40,000 individual muscles, African elephants act as keystone species by trampling and clearing trees, making pathways in forests, digging water holes, and spreading seeds.
  2. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.81 · Watch wild elephants 'mourn' their dead
  3. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · Some animals seem to live well on little sleep
  4. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.38 · A collection of fascinating facts about the planet and its creatures
  5. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · Zoo animals have developed allergies, too
  6. 0.41 · experiences · keep 0.57 · Photos and descriptions of unique plants found in the Amazon rainforest
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Speaking of elephants, a baby elephant whose mother died days after giving birth finds a second family with th
  1. 0.54 · curiosity · keep 0.81 · Watch wild elephants 'mourn' their dead
  2. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · Grieving primate mothers will carry dead infant for long after death—and others will comfort her
  3. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · Across the animal kingdom, parenting can include adults carrying their young, providing their bodies for sustenance, searching for food and shelter for their children, and separating siblings who may eat one another.
  4. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.25 · Meet the new baby Asian elephant at the Fort Worth Zoo
  5. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.90 · Watch David Attenborough's unexpected interaction with a family of gorillas on 'Life on Earth'
  6. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.47 · Possessing trunks that contain about 40,000 individual muscles, African elephants act as keystone species by trampling and clearing trees, making pathways in forests, digging water holes, and spreading seeds.
  7. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.66 · Researchers have found that various monkeys have pet-like relationships with other species.
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Legendary basketball player Bob Pettit, an 11-time All-Star and the first NBA player to be named MVP, dies at
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Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong becomes seventh player in MLB history to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs
  1. 0.55 · curiosity · keep 0.51 · Chicago Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong's mom starred in 'Little Big League,' a '90s baseball movie about a child who manages the Minnesota Twins.
  2. 0.46 · longform · keep 0.33 · The Pete Rose scandal was exposed by Sports Illustrated
  3. 0.43 · longform · keep 0.29 · The story behind one infamous World Series moment
  4. 0.42 · longform · keep 0.24 · Ken Caminiti exposed steroid use around the league
  5. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.54 · Visualize how changes to lineups, driven by modern analytics, could have changed one of MLB's most iconic moments.
  6. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.49 · Some say baseball's drug problem goes back to the late 1800s
  7. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.74 · In 1985, New York Mets star Keith Hernandez said 40% of his MLB peers used cocaine, highlighting an open secret about drug use in the league.
  8. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.59 · 100 moments that shaped baseball history
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WNBA playoff bracket settles on final day of the regular season; top-seeded Minnesota Lynx lead a field that i
  1. 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.13 · Breaking down the WNBA's expansion plans
  2. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.31 · The economics of the WNBA
  3. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.73 · 20 years of NCAA buzzers
  4. 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.10 · Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have led to a WNBA resurgence
  5. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Watch the inaugural WNBA game between Lisa Leslie's Los Angeles Sparks and Rebecca Lobo's New York Liberty.
  6. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.24 · The WNBA includes 13 teams
  7. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.45 · Top 25 milestones in WNBA history
  8. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.40 · In 2020, the league quarantined players in a 'wubble'
  9. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Nearly two decades before the WNBA began, there was the WBL, the first women's professional basketball league in the US.
  10. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.45 · WNBA legend Sue Bird credits Title IX for her career
  11. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.65 · The history of the WNBA in 60 seconds
  12. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.53 · Documenting the first year of the WNBA
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Taylor Swift releases four additional tracks to last year's "The Life of a Showgirl," which was the fastest-se
  1. 0.56 · explainers · keep 0.14 · In 2023 Taylor Swift made history having the most #1 albums of any female artist
  2. 0.56 · explainers · keep 0.49 · Taylor Swift is one of the world's most successful artists
  3. 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.43 · The Eras Tour generated $2B in ticket sales, but $5B in consumer spending
  4. 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.72 · Taylor Swift outsmarted her label by re-recording her albums
  5. 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.33 · Taylor Swift was the first artist to occupy every one of the top 10 slots on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
  6. 0.50 · longform · keep 0.17 · Taylor Swift's life took a turn after controversies with Kanye West
  7. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.12 · Taylor Swift became more outspoken about her politics in the late 2010s
  8. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.20 · Taylor Swift is one of the most successful artists in the world
  9. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Taylor Swift was 16 when she released her debut album
  10. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.71 · Watch Taylor Swift write a song
  11. 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.44 · Taylor Swift influenced record labels to change the way they write contracts
  12. 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.28 · Listen to a Taylor Swift superfan podcast
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Meta unveils hand-held device that lets users interact with its personal AI agent, Muse, without a smartphone;
  1. 0.47 · experiences · keep 0.22 · Watch the unveiling of Meta's Quest 3S mixed reality headset
  2. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.59 · As of 2025, increasing numbers of people turn to AI companions for emotional connection
  3. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.37 · Mark Zuckerberg demos the Quest 3 VR headset
  4. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Mixed reality devices and other wearables may usurp smartphones
  5. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.17 · In 2026, a pilot program introduced two AI-powered humanoid robots to a San Diego charter school to increase engagement and academic gains, though some criticized the $500k purchase.
  6. 0.44 · experiences · keep 0.69 · Mixed reality devices can turn digital information into 3D experiences
  7. 0.43 · experiences · keep 0.75 · Meta's Quest and other mixed reality devices can make learning new skills easier
  8. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · Hacking the body for a future that didn't happen
  9. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.71 · Watch a review of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses
  10. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.25 · Why this artist staged a satirical romance with Mark Zuckerberg
  11. 0.42 · experiences · keep 0.29 · Anthropic's Claude Science is an AI workbench connected to more than 60 scientific databases, designed to assist scientific research in molecular and cellular biology and drug discovery.
  12. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.15 · In 2024, Meta launched an AI video generator to create or edit videos through prompts
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"Jumping genes"—pieces of DNA that can move around within the genome—may have helped ant species rapidly diver
  1. 0.49 · explainers · keep 0.76 · Where do genes come from?
  2. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.78 · Air sacs and lightweight bones helped some dinosaurs grow to enormous sizes
  3. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.42 · Before Dawkins, other biologists proposed the power of mutating ideas
  4. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.50 · Studies show the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was from the outer asteroid belt
  5. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.53 · Uncovering the evolution of history's largest dinosaurs
  6. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.70 · Humans have evolved over thousands of years, with some populations developing traits that enable them to thrive at high elevations, resist frostbite, and digest lactose.
  7. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · The ancestors of ostriches and emus could fly
  8. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.63 · Dinosaurs would likely still roam Earth if the Chicxulub asteroid had hit elsewhere
  9. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.69 · Discovering how the dinosaurs went extinct may have helped avert nuclear war
  10. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.36 · Metamorphosis evolved over millions of years as species that hatched as smaller versions of adults started exhibiting genetic mutations that differentiated juvenile and adult bodies.
  11. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.54 · Scientists can suck animal DNA from the air
  12. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.76 · De-extinction techniques create new species from existing organisms
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Biologists identify a cellular pathway colorectal cancer uses to metastasize in mice, pointing to potential dr
  1. 0.53 · explainers · keep 0.71 · Learn how colorectal cancer is linked to the American diet and chronic inflammation
  2. 0.51 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Specific gut microbiome 'fingerprints' are associated with cancer recurrence, with up to 94% accuracy.
  3. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.19 · Advanced drugs are closing in on cancer's deadliest mutations
  4. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.12 · The FDA has approved 9 cancer drugs that target specific mutations, regardless of which organs harbor the tumors—a growing trend that will require insurers to revise their treatment approval processes.
  5. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.21 · Combining two cancer drugs increased the life space of mice by 30%
  6. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.21 · Using deep learning to analyze tumors
  7. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.38 · Scientists using gene therapy recently managed to regenerate retinal cells in the lab—a breakthrough for mammals that could potentially lead to future treatments for human retinal diseases.
  8. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.42 · Explore the differences between healthy and cancerous cells using a DNA microarray
  9. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.28 · How race science influences breast cancer research
  10. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.29 · Metastasis: When cancer cells begin to travel through the body
  11. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.46 · Scientists seeking to understand how food aversions work traced the literal gut reactions linking gut distress signals to neural replays of what ill mice ate.
  12. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.10 · At a 2026 cancer conference, news that a novel pancreatic cancer drug doubled survival times in clinical trials led to a standing ovation.
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US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.0%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq +0.0%) while 30-year Treasury yield spikes at 5
  1. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.40 · A stock index is a group of companies clustered together, often providing a condensed snapshot of a market segment.
  2. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.65 · See how the S&P 500 performed throughout the first 100 days of each modern presidency.
  3. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Investors collectively owned $28T in US Treasury securities as of 2025.
  4. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.34 · Markets have always recovered and hit new highs following crashes
  5. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.30 · In late 2025, the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 made up more than 40% of the index's total value
  6. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.20 · Investors rely on the S&P 500 as a benchmark for the state of the economy
  7. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.11 · The Dow now tracks 30 major US companies across various industries
  8. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.23 · The S&P 500 yields a roughly 10.5% average annual return
  9. 0.45 · news-in-context · keep 0.19 · Mutual funds in seven broad categories averaged a 13.1% annual return in 2023.
  10. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.48 · Bond yields are the returns investors earn from a bond's interest—and they're a key economic barometer.
  11. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Interest rates have historically been an indicator of the US economy's overall health.
  12. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.61 · Why does the stock market matter?
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New York sues Polymarket in state court, alleging the prediction market platform is running an unlicensed gamb
  1. 0.65 · explainers · keep 0.23 · Prediction markets convinced regulators they're not gambling, but exchanging commodity futures contracts
  2. 0.55 · explainers · keep 0.12 · Prediction market Polymarket's CEO dropped out of New York University
  3. 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.26 · Prediction markets—the platforms where users can trade bets that pay out depending on certain event outcomes—have faced questions about insider trading.
  4. 0.52 · explainers · keep 0.25 · Prediction markets and sports betting are not forms of investing, despite how some fans portray them.
  5. 0.51 · curiosity · keep 0.14 · The CEOs of the two top prediction markets have a fierce rivalry
  6. 0.50 · explainers · keep 0.32 · Some experts equate prediction markets to the new crack cocaine of gambling addiction
  7. 0.49 · news-in-context · keep 0.07 · The FBI once raided Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan's home
  8. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.19 · How prediction markets differ from sportsbooks matters for regulation
  9. 0.46 · news-in-context · keep 0.09 · The 2024 US presidential election was a breakthrough moment for prediction markets
  10. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.24 · Prediction markets help people bet on almost anything—which can be controversial
  11. 0.46 · explainers · keep 0.24 · Modern prediction markets—the platforms where people can trade bets that pay out depending on certain event outcomes—started in Iowa in 1988.
  12. 0.44 · explainers · keep 0.58 · Prediction markets have been likened to the stock market—except instead of buying and selling shares of companies, users buy and sell "yes" or "no" on whether an event may happen.
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Starbucks will close 250 stores across North America by the end of the week, its second wave of closures after
  1. 0.58 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Starbucks operates more than 38,000 stores on six continents
  2. 0.51 · news-in-context · keep 0.10 · As of 2024, Macy’s wanted to monetize its store closures through real estate deals
  3. 0.47 · news-in-context · keep 0.07 · Macy’s announced a series of pandemic-era store closures in January 2021
  4. 0.43 · news-in-context · keep 0.26 · In 2006, Macy's was worth $20B—but as of 2024, its market cap was just under $5B
  5. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.46 · Inside one of the last Sears stores in the US
  6. 0.41 · news-in-context · keep 0.17 · 11,000 new US dollar stores opened between 2007 and 2017
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's UN General Assembly speech about Iran is met with a wave of walkou
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CNN, MS NOW, and Politico journalists are allowed back in the White House hours after a federal judge temporar
  1. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.62 · Take a tour of the White House Press Corps, which has existed in the building since the early 1900s.
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Nor'easter expects to bring wind, rain to large swaths of the East Coast this weekend
  1. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.85 · Nor'easters can produce thundersnow—lightning in blizzard conditions
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Why does blond hair seem to darken with age?
  1. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.45 · Stress contributes to gray hair because when the body experiences stress, the sympathetic nervous system releases specific hormones that influence pigment-producing cells.
  2. 0.47 · explainers · keep 0.32 · DNA damage and chemical stress causes cellular aging
  3. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.70 · How aging degrades neural functioning in the brain over time
  4. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.30 · So-called 'recession blondes and brunettes' skip hair appointments to save money
  5. 0.42 · explainers · keep 0.67 · Aging explained with Dr. Nick Golinvaux
  6. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.50 · Aging is a complex biological process affecting our cells, tissues, and organs.
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Belly button smell could signal cognitive decline, Parkinson's.
  1. 0.52 · curiosity · keep 0.78 · A super-sniffer smelled her husband's Parkinson's disease years ahead of symptoms.
  2. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.56 · Smell is a robust memory cue for individuals with Alzheimer's disease
  3. 0.48 · explainers · keep 0.39 · People with Parkinson's or a family history of the disease appear to have distinctive changes in their gut microbiome that may be linked to disease progression.
  4. 0.47 · curiosity · keep 0.85 · Typhoid smells like freshly baked brown bread
  5. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.28 · 'Old people' smell increases with age, and its chemistry and age-related incidence have been documented.
  6. 0.45 · explainers · keep 0.52 · 'Old people' smell is real—it's a chemical buildup when fatty acids on the skin oxidize.
  7. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.30 · Roughly 15 of every 1,000 people in the US have smell disorders, and these issues with smell grow more common as people age.
  8. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.87 · A history of belly buttons, from dinosaurs to modern dogs
  9. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.38 · Paul Broca, a French brain researcher in the 19th century, hypothesized that humans evolved to trade in our "bestial sense" of smell for higher brain capacity.
  10. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.52 · 1 in 15 adults over age 40 experience phantom odors
  11. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.54 · On average, people smell worse if they're sick, according to a small 2014 research study.
  12. 0.40 · explainers · keep 0.75 · Alzheimer's brain changes may begin years before symptoms appear.
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The label says 100% cotton. Should you care?
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Stanford faces backlash for race, gender edits in promo image.
  1. 0.41 · explainers · keep 0.22 · Unpacking the controversy surrounding race and the Oscars
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Meet Casper, the 1 in 100 million ghost-white lobster. (w/photo)
  1. 0.46 · curiosity · keep 0.09 · Possible globster sighted on the Oregon coast.
  2. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.60 · Meet Cystisoma, the 7-inch crustacean with eyes for a head
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Three more people pop out of NYC manholes.
  1. 0.45 · experiences · keep 0.76 · Essential pipes, sewers, and cables lie buried beneath New York City
  2. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.72 · The sewage of New York City
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Dogs focus on consonants, study finds—a first outside humans.
  1. 0.50 · curiosity · keep 0.54 · Button boards may be the next step in human-canine communication
  2. 0.49 · experiences · keep 0.40 · The science of dogs, from wolf origins to color-blindness
  3. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.79 · Efforts to create disease-sniffing capabilities for phones still can't match those of dogs.
  4. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.39 · Dogs' disease-sniffing skills were first identified in 1989 when a dog reportedly detected cancer in a human handler.
  5. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.79 · Nine different studies exploring animals' relationship to music
  6. 0.43 · explainers · keep 0.63 · Six pigeons were trained to detect cancer from looking at CT scans—now that work is the basis for training new AI medical tools.
  7. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.64 · Two dogs were able to detect prostate cancer in 98% of patients in one study.
  8. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.56 · Cadaver dogs are helping archaeologists uncover decaying history
  9. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.83 · A dog's central sniffing organ is many times bigger than a human's
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... and, if the Muppets' Gonzo were real, what animal would he be?
  1. 0.49 · curiosity · keep 0.81 · Jim Henson and his creative team constructed several optical illusions to make the Muppets appear as though they walked through the real world.
  2. 0.45 · curiosity · keep 0.82 · Cookie Monster evolved from the Wheel Stealer, a monster obsessed with a wheel-shaped cheese snack.
  3. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.85 · Imagining if Disney films about animals were scientifically accurate
  4. 0.44 · curiosity · keep 0.65 · Check out one critic's guide to the best Muppet movies, including 'The Great Muppet Caper,' 'The Muppets Take Manhattan,' and more.
  5. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · For 'Labyrinth,' the Jim Henson Company erected a 15-foot-tall character named Humongous, the largest puppet the company had ever built.
  6. 0.43 · curiosity · keep 0.77 · Watch Jim Henson explain how to make a Muppet.
  7. 0.42 · curiosity · keep 0.72 · Salvador Dalí had pet anteaters he (supposedly) took on walks
  8. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.82 · The okapi was once considered a cryptid, or an animal with an unverified existence
  9. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.58 · Jim Henson and his Muppets were part of the first season of 'Saturday Night Live' because NBC was hoping to tamp down Lorne Michaels' countercultural plans for the show.
  10. 0.41 · curiosity · keep 0.79 · Jim Henson's lone Oscar nomination was for an experimental short film he made in the '60s that features no puppets.
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A red panda walks into a dentist's office...
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A red panda walks into a dentist's office...
  1. 0.40 · curiosity · keep 0.56 · Animals get SAD—especially those in zoos, like pandas
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