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- "The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic," larger than Manhattan, has collapsed due to "above normal air temperatures."
- Did you know that there's a national coin shortage?
- Oprah's magazine has commissioned 26 billboards in Louisville "calling for the arrest of the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor."
- Watch a delightful video of two teens listening to Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight" for the first time.
- A look at the legacy of Jerry Garcia, 25 years after his death.
- A New Hampshire woman has received her second face transplant after being disfigured when her ex-husband attacked her.
- This 90-year-old grandpa has come out as gay and announced he's searching for his long-lost love. He made the decision while writing his memoir in quarantine. What have you been doing all this time?
- Palmerston, a cat who resided at the British Foreign Office, is retiring — may we get a live-action animated film about his adventures there.
- 103-year-old theater critic Eric Bentley has died. Here's some archival audio that was pulled on the occasion of his 101st birthday.
- Remember, next time trampoline like no one is watching:
Published Aug 7, 2020
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