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Weird A.I. reveals the astonishing number of mysterious fairy circles around the globe David Pescovitz
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movies Ayn Rand supercharged the anti-Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood, in which the FBI classified "It's a Wonderful Life" as secret Communist propaganda Cory Doctorow
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