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The Best Time The US Military Detonated A Nuke Underwater And Other Facts
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
The Best Time The US Military Detonated A Nuke Underwater And Other Facts
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Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: That one time the US blew up an atomic bomb in the water for funsies, Japan's cuteness obsession and video evidence of a bad water slide.
WHAT'S GOING ON
Watch Donald Trump's Long, Angry, Policy-Free RNC Speech
The Highlights And Lowlights From The Republican Convention
NBA To Move All-Star Game Over North Carolina Bathroom Law
Hunt For MH370 Likely To End Soon
The Secret Documents That Detail How Patients' Privacy Is Breached
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Invisible Aligners Because Braces Suck
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ON AND OFF THE GRID
ALL THAT POWER
The Primary Power Source In Every Zip Code, Mapped
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Coal and natural gas are still dominant, but large swaths of the country are already primarily powered by hydroelectric, solar and wind power.
THE BEAT GOES ON
The Man Who Spent 30 Years In The Rainforest Preserving The Music Of The Bayaka
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In 2005, an anthropology graduate from Oxford University made an astonishing, accidental discovery: over 1,000 hours worth of sound recordings of the Bayaka — a hunter-gatherer community in the rainforests of the Central African Republic.
SNAPPING INTO FOCUS
Analyzing 67 Years Of Lego Sets
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Lego has changed a lot over the decades — but how, exactly? According to a data analysis of 67 years worth of Lego sets, they've gotten a lot more colorful, a fair bit bigger and more.
LIBERIA AND MYANMAR, TOO
WATCH: America Should Really Switch To The Metric System
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We're gonna go ahead and say it: the metric system makes good sense and global measurement standards are a useful thing.
BEAT THE HEAT
WE ALL SCREAM 'TOO MUCH!'
Extreme Ice Cream
cooksscience.com
A week at the Penn State Ice Cream Short Course, the oldest university-run ice cream workshop in the US.
BE COOL, MAN
Air Conditioning Is A Human Right
time.com
Texas, like other states, does not air condition its prisons — and by doing so, it kills people.
BEFORE YOU GO
THE DEFINITION OF 'SEA OF HUMANITY'
Tens Of Thousands Of Festival-Goers Shuffling Left To Right In Sync Is Madness
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Thank god the entire audience at the Netherlands' Defqon.1 festival didn't try to "Reverse/Reverse" at the same time.
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