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Kite Incident

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Detectives say the key to tracking down the source of the kites was a large wall map covered in thumbtacks and string. 'It's the first time that method has ever actually worked,' said a spokesperson.
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Detectives say the key to tracking down the source of the kites was a large wall map covered in thumbtacks and string. 'It's the first time that method has ever actually worked,' said a spokesperson.
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What If....
Earth, Sol system, Western spiral arm

Geologic Periods

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Geologists claim it's because the earlier Cenozoic used to be called the Tertiary, but that's just a ruse to hide the secret third geologic period, between the Neogene and the Quaternary, that they won't tell us about.
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Geologists claim it's because the earlier Cenozoic used to be called the Tertiary, but that's just a ruse to hide the secret third geologic period, between the Neogene and the Quaternary, that they won't tell us about.
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Flettner Rotor

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"And in maritime news, the Coast Guard is on the scene today after an apparent collision between two lighthouses."
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"And in maritime news, the Coast Guard is on the scene today after an apparent collision between two lighthouses."
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iNaturalist Animals and Plants

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Washington, DC: Eastern gray squirrel, Amur honeysuckle. Puerto Rico: Crested anole, sea grape. US as a whole: Mallard, eastern poison ivy.
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Washington, DC: Eastern gray squirrel, Amur honeysuckle. Puerto Rico: Crested anole, sea grape. US as a whole: Mallard, eastern poison ivy.
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Replication Crisis

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Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.
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Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.
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Echo Chamber

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This is almost as bad as the time I signed up for a purely partisan fishing expedition.
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This is almost as bad as the time I signed up for a purely partisan fishing expedition.
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I only follow people who talk about echo chambers on social media. So it's an echo chamber, echo chamber.
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