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Science Research keeps proving we should talk to strangers more Ellsworth Toohey

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Culture It is pancake day Rob Beschizza

Japan Japanese town cancels cherry blossom festival after tourists defecate in residents' gardens Ellsworth Toohey

movies Sinners returning to IMAX after Oscar nominations Séamus Bellamy

History The 1990s panic over "phantom social workers" trying to abduct children Ellsworth Toohey

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crime Brown University shooting suspect found dead Rob Beschizza

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