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Ghostwriter and Ghost: The Strange Case of Pearl Curran & Patience Worthpublicdomainreview.org
In early 20th-century St. Louis, Pearl Curran claimed to have conjured a long-dead New England puritan named Patience Worth through a Ouija board. Although mostly unknown today, the resulting books, poems, and plays that Worth -
Behind the Rocket Cat: Animals in Warfare from Hannibal to World War One—Blogtheappendix.net
This 16th century "rocket cat" has been making news lately - but the history of combat animals is much deeper. -
Animal Traffictmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com
The trade in illegal wildlife is a $19 billion annual business with ties to the Russian mob and Islamic extremists, and there’s one place the world turns to investigate the crime: a federal forensics lab (and curiosity cabinet) in a hippie town in Oregon. - bbc.com
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I was just asked to crack a program in a job interview !erenyagdiran.github.io
Personal blog of Eren, about computers, math and music - telecareaware.com
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The Twin Prime Hero - Issue 5: Fame - Nautilusnautil.us
Yitang “Tom” Zhang spent the seven years following the completion of his Ph.D. in mathematics floating between Kentucky and Queens,… -
The Mystery of the Tomb of Alexander the Greathuffingtonpost.com
The disclosure of the remains of the great conqueror and demigod to many, Alexander, is nothing less than a dream-discovery to the archaeologists and historians around the world.... - things.gnod.com
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Easel Blog: Easel is shutting downblog.easel.io
Easel Is Shutting Down Today we will begin closing the doors easel.io. Active today, we are no longer accepting new signups. On Oct 31st, easel.io … -
Building a better Instagram app for Androidinstagram-engineering.tumblr.com
Android is a huge ecosystem, with more than 1 billion active users spanning thousands of different device models. People who use Android have an incredible amount of choice, with significant... - cleverdeck.com
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Peter Thiel Mocks 'Pot-Smoking' Twitter Managementdealbook.nytimes.com
Peter Thiel, the prominent venture capitalist, found a particularly colorful way to phrase his criticism Twitter’s management, and had some choice words for the operations at Uber as well. -
The Memoir Blog — More and more every day, people capture their...blog.yourmemoir.com
More and more every day, people capture their lives with photos: photos of their food, their kids, their friends, that funny sign they pass on the way to work. And over the last year, we at Memoir... - tripbright.com
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Apple Pay and NFC are obsolete: This is how payments could work in the futureeduardo.intermeta.com.br
After more than ten years testing payment methods in the credit card market I was surprised by the lack of innovation in Apple Pay. Since my company owns the whole stack (terminals, gateway, processing, accounts) I was able to test various methods o... -
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