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Impoverished Kids Love The Lamp-Powering Soccer Ball — Until It Breaks
Across the globe, even in impoverished communities where families can’t afford electric light, there is something you will almost always see: children kicking balls. What if you could harness that youthful energy to generate electricity?
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Your Baby’s Klout Score Is In The 25th Percentile
As you know, we took a lot of measurements this morning — height, weight, head circumference — and your baby is doing great. There’s just one thing, and it’s not necessarily something to be concerned about, but we do need to talk about it: Your baby’s Klout score is in the 25th percentile.
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That Time The Whac-A-Mole Inventor Accidentally Blew Up His Warehouse
It was lunch time on a muggy late September day in 2013 when an explosion shook downtown Orlando, Florida. A warehouse on west Jefferson street was the casualty. Police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks were already on their way by the time Tim Roth, a good Samaritan, was on the scene. As he searched through…
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The College Kid Who Built A Secret Tunnel Underneath The Berlin Wall
At its peak, the Berlin Wall was 100 miles long. Today only about a mile is left standing. Compared with other famous walls in history, this wall had a pretty short life span.