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statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

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dinosaurs Largest known soft-shell reptile egg discovered in Antarctica Thom Dunn

movies Return of the Ewok, an unreleased mockumentary starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher David Pescovitz

politics Bolton book says House impeachment inquiry should have probed Trump beyond Ukraine Xeni Jardin

bowie Bowie's intense performance of "Fame" on the Cher Show 1975 Gareth Branwyn

conspiracy theorists David Icke banned from Facebook Rob Beschizza

crime Scam coronavirus testing drive-thru sites reported Rob Beschizza

coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder

music David Roback, co-founder of Mazzy Star, RIP David Pescovitz

music San Francisco Bay Area tonight and 2/21: David J (Bauhaus and Love and Rockets) solo shows David Pescovitz

passwords Anyone can sign up for this "Password-of-the-Day" list that gives you free random login credentials Thom Dunn

makers DIY method for transmitting audio in large spaces directly to people's hearing aids David Pescovitz

finance The cum-ex scam stole $60b from European tax authorities: it's monumentally boring, complicated, and very, very important Cory Doctorow

conspiracies American conspiracy theorists keep insisting on their right to trial by combat Cory Doctorow

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christmas Does the creepy Santa mask from "It's a Wonderful Life" exist somewhere? Rusty Blazenhoff

gender American Airlines now offers 'U' and 'X' gender markers for nonbinary flyers Xeni Jardin

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