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Cheddar: NYC Is Growing Food 11 Stories Up, and a 130-Year-Old Tractor Company Wants to Do It Without Soil

August 29, 2026

Eleven stories above Brooklyn, the world's largest soil-based rooftop farm grows over 100 crops without

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Bill Gates: Bill Gates Says AI Is Both the Greatest Equalizer and Greatest Threat Humanity Has Ever Built

August 28, 2026

Bill Gates argues that artificial intelligence is the most powerful tool for advancing equity and

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Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jelly Roll's Final Night Hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live Turned Into Something Nobody Expected

August 28, 2026

Jelly Roll used his final night hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live to speak directly about the

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: How Dolly Parton Mailed 100 Million Books to Kids Who Had Never Owned One

August 27, 2026

In February 2018, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library delivered its 100 millionth book to a child.

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August 26, 2026

On August 16, 1916, the US and Canada signed the Migratory Bird Treaty to stop

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August 25, 2026

Over 100 hot air balloons lift off free of charge from Rancho San Rafael Regional

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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change: Dr. King Said Nonviolence Is the Strongest Weapon, Not the Weakest

August 25, 2026

Pressed on Gandhi, Hungary, and Little Rock in a single interview, Dr. Martin Luther King

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USA For Africa: 'We Are the World' Is Still the Most Ambitious Charity Recording Ever Made

August 25, 2026

'We Are the World' opens not with a plea but with a challenge: stop pretending

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After Skool: The Alchemist's Real Lesson: Why the Treasure Was Never the Point

August 25, 2026

Paulo Coelho's shepherd boy crosses the Sahara and nearly dies multiple times to discover the

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After Skool: History's Wheel Has Survived Every Apocalypse So Far, and John from Medieval Mindset Has Receipts

August 25, 2026

John from Medieval Mindset traces the current wave of existential dread through 3,200 years of

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Plumes: People Singing to Animals and the Reactions Are Completely Melting the Internet

August 25, 2026

A compilation of people singing to animals has surfaced, and the reactions from the animals

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Mark Rober: Phat Gus Wins the Walnut Cup After a Doping Scandal Rocks the Backyard Summer Games

August 25, 2026

Mark Rober's third and final backyard squirrel competition ended in a championship reversal after a

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