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Beijing has a 20,000-acre secret underground city, Dìxià Chéng, that was built during the Cold War by 300,000 people digging by hand News
The bad news is the alleged “yeti” remains are those of a bear, but the good news is researchers now understand more about Himalayan bears News
In 1980, chemist Glenn Seaborg solved a centuries-old problem in alchemy and turned a non-precious metal into gold News