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What The Hell Is Champagne Sabering?

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Who Would Win In An All-Out Battle: Star Wars Or Star Trek?

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Who Would Win In An All-Out Battle: Star Wars Or Star Trek?

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How Defence Has Shaped Our Cities

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The Life-Saving Science Behind Sunscreen

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The Life-Saving Science Behind Sunscreen

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Before The Hashtag, There Was The Octothorpe

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Before The Hashtag, There Was The Octothorpe

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Could Cinderella’s Glass Slippers Physically Exist Without Shattering?

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Could Cinderella’s Glass Slippers Physically Exist Without Shattering?

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10 Bizarre Buildings And Their Fascinating Histories

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10 Bizarre Buildings And Their Fascinating Histories

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Could You Launch Someone Into The Sun With A Big Enough Cannon?

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Could You Launch Someone Into The Sun With A Big Enough Cannon?

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The Factories That Churn Out America’s Most Iconic Trophies

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The Factories That Churn Out America’s Most Iconic Trophies

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The Port Authority Bus Terminal: Myth, Mystery, Mess

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The Port Authority Bus Terminal: Myth, Mystery, Mess

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How To Fix The Elevator

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5 Reasons Our Universe Might Actually Be Virtual Reality

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5 Reasons Our Universe Might Actually Be Virtual Reality

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How Iron Man’s Arc Reactor (Probably) Works

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How Iron Man’s Arc Reactor (Probably) Works

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Which Smartphone And Tablet Displays Show The Most Accurate Colours?

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Which Smartphone And Tablet Displays Show The Most Accurate Colours?

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The 110-Year-Old Light Bulb That Has Never Been Turned Off

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The 110-Year-Old Light Bulb That Has Never Been Turned Off

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The Bedpan Whisperer

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10 Scientific Explanations For Famous Ghostly Phenomena

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10 Scientific Explanations For Famous Ghostly Phenomena

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The Problem With The Chair

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What Actually Goes Down On The International Space Station

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What Actually Goes Down On The International Space Station

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What To Do If The Pilot Passes Out And You Have To Land A Plane

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What To Do If The Pilot Passes Out And You Have To Land A Plane

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We’re Designing Apps Wrong For Huge Smartphones

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We’re Designing Apps Wrong For Huge Smartphones

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The New iPad And iPad Mini Displays: One Step Forward, One Full Stop

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The New iPad And iPad Mini Displays: One Step Forward, One Full Stop

Dr Raymond Soneira - DisplayMate Technologies

How NASA Deals With Odour Inside The International Space Station

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How NASA Deals With Odour Inside The International Space Station

Robert Frost and Clayton C. Anderson - Quora

What Would Happen If The 20 Biggest US Cities Were Wiped Out With Nukes

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What Would Happen If The 20 Biggest US Cities Were Wiped Out With Nukes

Carter Moore - Quora

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How Computer Chips Work

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Why We Still Use QWERTY Keyboards

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Is The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Telling The Truth?

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Is The Domino’s Pizza Tracker Telling The Truth?

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How Cramped Is It Inside A Space Shuttle?

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How Cramped Is It Inside A Space Shuttle?

Clayton C. Anderson - Quora

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A Beginner’s Guide To Cyberwarfare

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Mining Bitcoin With Pencil And Paper

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Why Screws Tighten Clockwise

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What It Was Like To Be Online During The ’80s

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10 Strange Projects In Development At NASA

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10 Strange Projects In Development At NASA

Ivan Farkas - Listverse

iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Have The Best LCD Screens You Can Buy

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iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Have The Best LCD Screens You Can Buy

Dr Raymond Soneira - DisplayMate Technologies

How Close Are We To A Real Iron Man Suit?

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How Close Are We To A Real Iron Man Suit?

Ariel Williams - Quora

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The Evolution Of Potty Training Tech

Zacahry Crockett - Priceonomics

Why Military Tech (Sometimes) Doesn’t Evolve

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Why Military Tech (Sometimes) Doesn’t Evolve

Jon Davis - Quora

Wearing The Suit From Edge Of Tomorrow Would Basically Kill You

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Wearing The Suit From Edge Of Tomorrow Would Basically Kill You

Jon Davis - Quora

Bloodletting And Bone Brushes: The White-Knuckle Days Of Early Dentistry

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Bloodletting And Bone Brushes: The White-Knuckle Days Of Early Dentistry

Hunter Oatman-Stanford - Collector's Weekly

How Long Humans Can Live In Space — And What Happens If We Stay Too Long

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How Long Humans Can Live In Space — And What Happens If We Stay Too Long

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How Cotton Candy Was Popularised By… A Dentist

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How Cotton Candy Was Popularised By… A Dentist

Zachary Crockett - Priceonomics

What Would Happen To The Internet If Mankind Disappeared?

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What Would Happen To The Internet If Mankind Disappeared?

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The Stubborn ‘Nail Houses’ That Refuse To Get Demolished

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The Stubborn ‘Nail Houses’ That Refuse To Get Demolished

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What Would Happen If The Sun Ceased To Exist For Just One Second?

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What Would Happen If The Sun Ceased To Exist For Just One Second?

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11 Reasons Email Is The Worst

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10 Incredibly Dangerous Banned Toys

Josh Goller - Listverse

The Bizarre Story Of How The Original Poster For Jaws Went Missing

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The Bizarre Story Of How The Original Poster For Jaws Went Missing

Ben Marks - Collector's Weekly

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The Rise And Fall Of The Fireman’s Pole

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The Secret Ways Airports Tell Us Where To Go

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The Secret Ways Airports Tell Us Where To Go

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The Business Behind Fake Hollywood Money

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The Business Behind Fake Hollywood Money

Zachary Crockett - Priceonomics

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Has One Of The Best Displays Yet

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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Has One Of The Best Displays Yet

Dr Raymond Soneira - DisplayMate Technologies

Happy Hour: Everything There Is To Know About Beer’s Most Important Ingredient

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Happy Hour: Everything There Is To Know About Beer’s Most Important Ingredient

Melissa - Today I Found Out

Samsung’s Gear VR Headset Plans Outed By Leaked Official Companion App

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Samsung’s Gear VR Headset Plans Outed By Leaked Official Companion App

Gary Cutlack -- Gizmodo UK

Pong Was Never Intended For Public Release

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Pong Was Never Intended For Public Release

Daven Hiskey - Today I Found Out

How One Australian Man’s Blood Donations Saved Over Two Million Lives

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How One Australian Man’s Blood Donations Saved Over Two Million Lives

Staci Lehman - Today I Found Out

Why No One Bothers Putting Apostrophes In ‘Don’t Walk’ Signs

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Why No One Bothers Putting Apostrophes In ‘Don’t Walk’ Signs

Karl Smallwood - Today I Found Out

If You Still Care About 3D, The Xbox One Is Getting 3D Blu-ray Support

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If You Still Care About 3D, The Xbox One Is Getting 3D Blu-ray Support

Gerald Lynch -- Gizmodo UK

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The Secret History Of Emergency Exits

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Why Australians Are Happy To Pirate

Paula Dootson

How Australia Connected To The Internet 25 Years Ago

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How Australia Connected To The Internet 25 Years Ago

Justin Zobel - University of Melbourne

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The Typo That Destroyed A NASA Rocket

Zachary Crockett - Priceonomics

My Startup Failed, And This Is What It Feels Like

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My Startup Failed, And This Is What It Feels Like

Nikki Durkin -- 99dresses

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Maybe It’s Time To Build A New Internet

Mehan Jayasuriya

11 Machines That Exercise For You, From The Victorian Era To Today

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11 Machines That Exercise For You, From The Victorian Era To Today

Lisa Hix - Collector's Weekly

Sony SmartWatch Vs Galaxy Gear 2: Which Smartwatch Screen Is Best?

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Sony SmartWatch Vs Galaxy Gear 2: Which Smartwatch Screen Is Best?

Dr Raymond Soneira - DisplayMate Technologies

Sexbot Slaves: How Sexbots Could Affect Human Relationships

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Sexbot Slaves: How Sexbots Could Affect Human Relationships

Leah Reich - Aeon Magazine

That Time A Commercial Aircraft Ran Out Of Fuel Mid-Flight

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That Time A Commercial Aircraft Ran Out Of Fuel Mid-Flight

Melissa - Today I Found Out

The Fermi Paradox: Where The Hell Are The Other Earths?

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The Fermi Paradox: Where The Hell Are The Other Earths?

Tim Urban - WaitButWhy.com

‘Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass’ Used To Be Literal

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‘Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass’ Used To Be Literal

Terynn Boulton - Today I Found Out

Why Life Before Anaesthesia Made Doctors More Caring

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Why Life Before Anaesthesia Made Doctors More Caring

Joanna Bourke - Aeon Magazine

Eight Bizarre And Painful Highlights From Two Centuries Of Beauty Tech

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Eight Bizarre And Painful Highlights From Two Centuries Of Beauty Tech

Lisa Hix - Collector's Weekly

When Apple Damns Your Texts To iMessage Purgatory

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When Apple Damns Your Texts To iMessage Purgatory

Adam Pash - AdamPash.com

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Why Our Bodies Actually Age

Melissa - Today I Found Out

The Easy Trick To Drastically Increase The Life Of Your Razor Blades

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The Easy Trick To Drastically Increase The Life Of Your Razor Blades

Daven Hiskey - Today I Found Out

The Men Inside Of R2-D2 And C-3PO Actually Hated Each Other

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7 years ago

The Men Inside Of R2-D2 And C-3PO Actually Hated Each Other

Matt Blitz - Today I Found Out

The Fascinating Untold History Of War And Prosthetics

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7 years ago

The Fascinating Untold History Of War And Prosthetics

Hunter Oatman-Stanford - Collector's Weekly

The Secret Solid Marble Bathtubs In The US Senate’s Boiler Room

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The Secret Solid Marble Bathtubs In The US Senate’s Boiler Room

Roman Mars - 99% Invisible

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7 years ago

How Boomboxes Got So Badass

Hunter Oatman-Stanford - Collector's Weekly

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7 years ago

All The Weird Toys From Your Childhood

Tim Urban - WaitButWhy.com

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7 years ago

A Brief History Of Beer

Kathy Padden - Today I Found Out

Impoverished Kids Love The Lamp-Powering Soccer Ball — Until It Breaks

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7 years ago

Impoverished Kids Love The Lamp-Powering Soccer Ball — Until It Breaks

Jennifer Collins - PRI's The World

Can Eating Poppy Seeds Really Cause You To Fail A Drug Test?

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Can Eating Poppy Seeds Really Cause You To Fail A Drug Test?

Emily Upton - Today I Found Out

How A Simple Design Error Could Have Toppled A NYC Skyscraper

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7 years ago

How A Simple Design Error Could Have Toppled A NYC Skyscraper

Roman Mars - 99% Invisible

Your Baby’s Klout Score Is In The 25th Percentile

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Your Baby’s Klout Score Is In The 25th Percentile

Jeremy Blachman - McSweeney's

The Untold History Of Where Barcodes Come From

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The Untold History Of Where Barcodes Come From

Roman Mars - 99% Invisible

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7 years ago

Why Is My Laptop On?

Tim Urban - WaitButWhy.com

That Time The Whac-A-Mole Inventor Accidentally Blew Up His Warehouse

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That Time The Whac-A-Mole Inventor Accidentally Blew Up His Warehouse

Matt Blitz - Today I Found Out

Why Roller Coaster Loops Are Never Circular

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8 years ago

Why Roller Coaster Loops Are Never Circular

Nick Berry - Data Genetics

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8 years ago

The Untold History Of Ugliness

Lisa Hix - Collectors Weekly

The College Kid Who Built A Secret Tunnel Underneath The Berlin Wall

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8 years ago

The College Kid Who Built A Secret Tunnel Underneath The Berlin Wall

Roman Mars - 99% Invisible

How Biotech Could Make Life In Prison A Living Hell

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8 years ago

How Biotech Could Make Life In Prison A Living Hell

Ross Andersen - Aeon Magazine

This WhatsApp Redesign Would Make Facebook’s $16 Billion Buy Worth It

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8 years ago

This WhatsApp Redesign Would Make Facebook’s $16 Billion Buy Worth It

Konrad Ziemlewski - Entropii

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8 years ago

The Six Types Of Apple Store Genius

JK Appleseed - McSweeneys

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6 Essential Apps For Hip Hop Fans

Nate Ashcroft - Evolver.fm

Why Engines Are Commonly Measured In Horsepower

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8 years ago

Why Engines Are Commonly Measured In Horsepower

Daven Hiskey - Today I Found Out

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8 years ago

No, Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism

Scott - Today I Found Out

Cover Story: The Fascinating Anatomy Of A Magazine Cover

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8 years ago

Cover Story: The Fascinating Anatomy Of A Magazine Cover

Roman Mars - 99% Invisible

The Untold History Of The Easy-Bake Oven

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8 years ago

The Untold History Of The Easy-Bake Oven

Lisa Hix - Collectors Weekly

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How To Make A More Readable Wikipedia

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How Space Heat Helps Us Hunt Down Alien Technologies

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How Space Heat Helps Us Hunt Down Alien Technologies

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