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The discovery of the Burgess Shale in 1909 was a watershed moment in paleontology. An ancient mass sedimentary rock, the shale was formed by layers of mud millions of years ago, preserving an array of fossils in remarkable detail.
These specimens were like nothing seen before. They defied classification, and unveiled a variety of prehistoric […]

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When baseball’s Seattle Pilots moved east to Milwaukee in 1970, new owner Bud Selig wanted to do something to distinguish their new identity. His advisors presented an idea: The team was to be called the Brewers, so why not make beer?
And so was born Brewer’s Best, the only microbrewery ever to be […]

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Czech footballer Jan Skorkovský has the distinction of holding the most world records in history. His considerable shadow eclipses the achievements of Helen Louise Abernathy, who held the title until Skorkovský came along, and is still the woman with the most world records.
Among her 819 records:

Largest ball of melted crayons (1.3 meters in diameter)
Longest […]

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Despite months public outrage, the Seattle SuperSonics are on the brink of moving to Oklahoma City. Basketball fans in the Emerald City can perhaps take comfort in the fact that they are by no means the only city to be held hostage by a sports team owner. The strangest such instance may have come at […]

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Many baseball fans know how the New York Highlanders became the Yankees, that the Cubs were so named because of the youth of their lineup, or that the Blue Jays got their name in an alcohol-soaked dare. But it’s the rare fan who knows why Pittsburgh’s 9 are known as the Pirates. When […]

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The 1959 White Sox featured a guy who didn’t have thumbs. Ron Jackson, who lost both thumbs in a fishing mishap the previous winter, played 5 games at first base, and was also a pinch hitter. Conventional wisdom of the time held that first basemen didn’t really need thumbs anyway, so White Sox […]

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The world’s most poisonous deer, hands down, is Odocoileus toximortica, the North American spotted whitefoot. Native to forested or mountainous terrains, the whitefoot can be found in most regions of the US and Canada. It is thought to be the only carnivore of family Cervidae.
The bite of the whitefoot is a dual-tiered assault. […]

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The first documented game of modern-rules, 9-on-9 baseball ever to take place in France was played on June 2nd, 1918, just behind the Allied front near Ypres. A team of U.S. soldiers (who named themselves “The Fighting Bears”) took on a team from the French army (”La Malaise”) as part of a friendly wager. […]

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