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Science Newly discovered fish species looks just like Big Bird's best friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus Jennifer Sandlin

History Two green-skinned children appeared in a 12th-century English village Ellsworth Toohey

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authoritarianism Stephen Miller's latest fascist lawsuit: Putting courts under Trump's control Ellsworth Toohey

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Entertainment Bad writing becomes an art form in annual contest for world's worst prose Ellsworth Toohey

florida 2-pound chunk of space station debris leaves a giant hole in Florida Man's home Thom Dunn

tabloids Scientology doomed, Royal family doomed, and Island of the Damned in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Weird Get scared – or confused – with these two-sentence horror stories Grant St. Clair

stranger things Stranger Things stage show coming to London's West End later this year Thom Dunn

movies The Shining's behind-the-scenes secrets David Pescovitz

photography These creepy vintage Halloween photos are scarier than anything you'll see tonight David Pescovitz

mathematics New research: There's a 50-50 chance we're living in a simulation and here's how to find out David Pescovitz

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trump Stephen Colbert explains why Trump actually isn't like President Lincoln Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants 88 Names: Matt Ruff's MMORPG heist novel is "Snow Crash meets the King and I" Cory Doctorow

fox news Gretchen Carlson to Fox: release employees from NDAs, 'buying silence instead of stopping harassment is immoral and unjust' Xeni Jardin

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