Why a Baseball Has 108 Stitches and How It Flies

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dave Why a baseball has exactly 108 stitches and how they decide its flight

Aug 14

Bi Sheng invented movable type in eleventh-century China using individual baked clay blocks.

streetspirit Song Dynasty artisans assembled reusable clay characters in iron frames to print books.

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3D scans show Rob Roy MacGregor’s gravestone was actually carved 1,000 years before he died.

today 3D photogrammetry of the Balquhidder churchyard monument traces how a medieval stone became Rob Roy MacGregor’s 1734 gravestone.

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kazzy Pre-production planning shapes a film before the cameras start rolling

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Demigod Drama Dial
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anngiieebee Spin the drama dial to discover how modern YA books reinvent ancient Greek myths.

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Pour s'orienter au milieu de la mécanique complexe d'une harpe à pédales et de ses 47 cordes, les harpistes s'appuient sur un code couleur universel. Quelles notes précises sont colorées pour servir de repères visuels sur l'instrument ?

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Gossip

A Missouri park closed because a young bull elk was acting like a protective teenager — what would you do?

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Fun Fact

Fainting warning signs: Your body might trigger sudden yawning or tunnel vision. These warnings are your brain's alarms before hitting the pause button!

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Nov 1

Glossary
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A legendary pioneer of performance art who used her own body as a medium. Her teaching inspired Chiharu Shiota to make art physical and emotional.
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Nov 4

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Project completed!

I am a Master of How a teenage tweet and a classic meme saved the kings of nerd rock

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today LHCb Rare Muon Decay

Within the LHCb, a beauty meson fades away, Into a pair of muons in a ten-billionth decay.

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Towering shelters can be built from things that bend rather than resist.

Oct 27

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Scientists recently discovered the vibrant Laimosemion laranja killifish in Brazil's Amazon basin.

today This miniature species grows under three centimeters long in shallow Rio Cajari pools.

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Red blood cells and proteins can survive inside dinosaur bones for 115 million years

today A November 2026 study of a Brazilian Aratasaurus fossil reveals the oldest-known dinosaur red blood cells and preserved heme proteins

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duolingo A friendly chess match against a Duolingo character on Chess.com

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Dorm Room to Mega Mall
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marcus Scale your shop to discover how Singles' Day became the world's biggest shopping event.

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Quiz

¿Qué significa el nombre del fandom oficial del grupo de K-pop ASTRO, 'AROHA', en el idioma maorí de Nueva Zelanda?

Oct 31

Gossip

What's the most ridiculous detail of the Piltdown Man hoax?

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Fun Fact

Parthenocarpic figs: In this botanical secret agent mission, these figs bypass the wasp entirely, growing sweet fruit solo without needing any insect partner's help!

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Pequeno mamífero doméstico conhecido por sua agilidade, ronronares e temperamento independente. Eles são ótimos companheiros de estimação. Sabia que o miau deles serve apenas para falar com humanos?

Oct 31

Achievement

Project completed!

I am a Master of Earth before us in the Smithsonian deep time vaults

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kingzo Love by Musiq Soulchild

Kenny Lattimore passed on the soul track, But Musiq sang the love and never looked back.

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Clarity is earned by walking through the dark, not waiting for the light.

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Northern Taurid meteor showers produce rare, bright fireballs that can outshine the stars

today These cosmic fireballs regularly cross the sky above Italy's high Dolomite Alps

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The rebellion against imported holidays

maryluz Every November first, Tonacatepeque hosts this revived century-old celebration eighteen kilometers northeast of San Salvador using handmade clay masks.

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today Tibetan Buddhist monks intentionally destroy their completed sand mandalas

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dani_10 Operate the pulley system to discover how simple machines lift heavy loads.

Oct 31

Quiz

Who is the volcanic sister and chief mythological rival of the Hawaiian sea goddess Namakaokahai?

Oct 31