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bitcoin UK judge rules Craig Wright is not Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto Mark Frauenfelder

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occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

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History Benjamin Lay was the best radical vegan Quaker hunchback abolitionist of the 1700s Thom Dunn

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

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trump Trump's dumbest son claims Barack Obama plagiarized him Rob Beschizza

Business Time Warner Cable CEO Rob Marcus gets $92 million severance after 2.5 years on the job Xeni Jardin

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