Internet 31 communities vow to create local gigabit broadband Andrea James

History Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts Popkin

History Historic cemetery honors circus performers and train victims Popkin

Science All five DNA/RNA building blocks found in asteroid Ryugu samples Ellsworth Toohey

politics Ammon Bundy called ICE "tyranny." His militia allies disagree. Ellsworth Toohey

art Needlepoint inspired by 8-bit classic The Sentinel Rob Beschizza

Games Documented source code for classic 8-bit game The Sentinel Rob Beschizza

Science The woman whose blood made an entire ER collapse Ellsworth Toohey

politics House Ethics Committee found Matt Gaetz likely paid vulnerable 17-year-old for sex Ellsworth Toohey

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Inside a job scam: Reporter spends $96 to expose fraudster tactics Ellsworth Toohey

Culture Tom Whitwell's annual collection of 52 fascinating facts returns, featuring expensive calculators and trademarked scents Mark Frauenfelder

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preppers Costco now selling prepper food buckets for the imminent apocalypse Allan Rose Hill

music Listen to this sexy slow jam about heat pumps Thom Dunn

artificial intelligence Keep A.I. weird! Allan Rose Hill

America Send your 5-year-old to Chick-fil-A summer camp to learn how to "take a guest order" and "box" their "own nuggets" Jennifer Sandlin

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