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oops Internet fixes botched art restoration with glorious results Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Dissolving crust on dead lithium batteries allows restoration to 95% original capacity Rob Beschizza

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art Famous bull fresco's bollocks restored Rob Beschizza

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liars Trump's DOJ dismantles hate-crime prevention office and pretends nothing happened Jason Weisberger

art A painting kicked out of Rembrandt's catalog in 1960 just got kicked back in Ellsworth Toohey

art Monkey Jesus painter Cecilia Giménez dead at 94 Rob Beschizza

adorable creatures Kind human lovingly repairs and restores toucan beaks Jennifer Sandlin

Technology Google Cloud's kafkaesque bureaucracy: suspended without reason Ellsworth Toohey

politics Texas Supreme Court: judges who refuse to marry gays don't violate state rules Rob Beschizza

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Ancient gold bracelet of Pharaoh Amenemope disappears from Cairo museum Jason Weisberger

Environment Poop cannons, robot birds, and sewer submarines: Welcome to the ULTRAWILD Gareth Branwyn

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immigration Federal judge shuts down Alligator Alcatraz Séamus Bellamy

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