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- Sep 22, 2026
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This Weird Toad Drove a Brilliant Scientist to His Death. What If He Was Framed? (opens the original)
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The midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) is an odd creature. The toads mate on land, after which the male carries around his mate’s fertilized eggs atop his rear end in a spectacularly visible manner, which is how the species gets its moniker. Because the midwife toad mates on dry land, males lack the bumpy “nuptial pads” that are characteristic of aquatic toad species that need to grasp their mates while they do the deed. This odd toad lent its name to the English edition of a 1971 book called Th
The Government Built a Doomsday Bunker Beneath a Luxury Hotel. For 35 Years, Almost No One Knew It Was There. (opens the original)
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THE EMPLOYEES OF the Greenbrier knew how to keep secrets. At the grand old luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, discretion was part of the job. So a sudden meeting in the president’s office meant something must have changed. This time, silence wouldn’t be enough. On the morning of May 29, 1992, about 20 front-of-house staff members gathered to meet with Ted Kleisner. They had rarely sat in the same room until that morning. That was the point. Soon enough, they’d all be answerin
An Archivist Found Mozart’s 248-Year-Old Notebook. The Lost Masterpieces Inside Tell a Wild Story. (opens the original)
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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: This story is a collaboration with Biography.com In March 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrived in Paris in a mood that was anything but triumphant. He had left the stifling atmosphere of Salzburg with his mother, hoping to make his fortune in the city where he had once been celebrated as a child prodigy. But at 22, Mozart was no longer a novelty, and patrons were hard to find. He had little money, mounting anxiety, and an urgent need to earn a
A Doctor Smuggled a Revolutionary Treatment Out of War-Torn Spain—and Was Forgotten by History (opens the original)
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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The first documented successful blood transfusion in medical history was performed by French physician Jean-Baptiste Denys in 1667 in order to save a 15-year-old boy. The boy had been repeatedly administered bloodlettings by another doctor who believed that ancient theories about humors were an excellent guide to curing illnesses. But it wasn’t until the early 20th century that transfusions could be reliably practiced as a lifesaving medical pro
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