Natural ice balls that appear on a beach in the Gulf of Ob in NW Siberia portend severe weather for North America Featured News
Harriet, the Galapagos tortoise, lived to be 175 and was reportedly collected by Charles Darwin in 1835 Featured News
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The Monumental Cemetery: An extraordinary open-air museum and one of the largest cemeteries in Milan Featured News
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