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Dorothy's Ruby Slippers From 'The Wizard of Oz' Sell for a Record-Breaking $28 Million
The iconic shoes, which went missing for more than a decade, are now the most valuable piece of movie memorabilia ever auctioned
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Geneticists Solve the Mystery of Why Some Cats Are Orange—and Why They Tend to Be Males
Two new, preliminary papers identify a gene related to a cat’s coloration. The work also explains why tortoiseshell and calico cats tend to be females
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An Abandoned Merchant Ship Was Discovered Floating in the Atlantic in 1872. The Mystery of Its Missing Crew Was Never Solved
Speculation about what happened to the "Mary Celeste," found empty on this day in 1872, was so rife that even famed author Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a sensational short story about it
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A Little Boy Found a Strange Stone on the Beach. Archaeologists Told Him It Was a Neanderthal's Hand Ax
The artifact is now on display at a museum in southern England. Experts say the find is "so rare that most qualified archaeologists would never find one themselves"
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How to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower This Weekend
The peak of this popular annual meteor shower risks being washed out by an almost full moon this year—but stargazers can still spot shooting stars if they follow the right tips