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A 1,256-megawatt nuclear reactor on Lake Erie accidentally became a wildlife sanctuary, now spotted turtles nest inside its buffer zone

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World - / Aug 21, 2026 - Lake sturgeon lifespan may exceed 400 years, scientists find - For centuries, lake sturgeon have moved quietly through the rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes region, growing slowly and aging in a way that has been difficult to measure. Their lives can stretch far beyond those of most freshwater fish, but just

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World - / Aug 21, 2026 - Singapore rebuilt a vanished 1920s lake as a flood-control and wildlife haven - Singapore has brought the memory of a vanished 1920s landmark into one of its newest housing estates, but the new Alkaff Lake is doing much more than recreating a piece of the past. Built inside Bidadari Park, the 1.8-hectare lake was inspired by the

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'Dearbon Lost To Islam, Sharia In Force': Michigan Pastor Unloads On City Officials | WATCH

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Trump's Blonde Aide 'DISAPPEARS' From Spotlight as Melania Makes Shock Return | WATCH

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EUROPE ON ALERT! 'Russian Aircraft' Storm NATO Territory Twice In 24 Hours; US Allies Scramble Jets

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Russia Hits Ukrainian Ports From Danube To Odessa In Devastating Overnight Strikes | WATCH

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'Stop Talking, Start Fighting': Canada Leader Rips Apart Trump In Fiery Message To Carney On Tariffs

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Russia Claims Capture Of Two More Ukrainian Settlements As Zelensky Pleads For Air Defence Missiles

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India's four bear species and where travellers can spot them

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Working out in extreme heat? How dehydration can reduce kidney function and raise the risk of acute kidney injury

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Five lakh workers, one metro wait: When will Pune Metro Line 3 finally open?

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Road to longevity: 7 simple habits that may help 'super-agers' stay healthy beyond 100

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5 smart ways to protect yourself from office politics, according to entrepreneur Ankur Warikoo

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8 FOODS YOU SHOULD NEVER REHEAT IN THE MICROWAVE AND WHY

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Meet Vallabh Ramesh, the 18-year-old Kentucky student who created a 3D-printable smart gel that solidifies at body temperature and could one day deliver drugs inside the body

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Pennsylvania university soccer star killed by 'demon' boyfriend whose mom helps dispose body

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Quote of the day by Dwayne Johnson: "Be humble. Be hungry. And always be..." - a lesson on staying successful

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In 1908, a Boston woman donated 140 acres around Maine's Beehive and Bowl to stop future development; six years later 5,000 acres had been protected for what became Acadia

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In 1898, an adventurer abandoned the sea for California's desert and built a home on a volcanic island; his strange settlement later became known as Hell's Kitchen

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In the Early 1900s, a Maryland landowner released just five or six Japanese sika deer, and their descendants spread across four counties and Assateague Island

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Pet owners dumped unwanted turtles in an Oregon park: A 2015 count found 30 of 50 basking turtles were invaders crowding out both native species

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In 1962, five pet mute swans escaped in Maryland; within four decades their descendants neared 4,000 and were eating 10.5 million pounds of Chesapeake Bay grasses a year

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In 1932, Texas ranchers introduced axis deer from India for fenced hunting; the deer later escaped and spread across the Edwards Plateau

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Meet Lianna Genovese, an 19-year-old Canadian student whose gadget made from straws, sponge and pipes helps people with cerebral palsy rediscover painting; now sells in over 25 countries

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New York started digging Water Tunnel No. 3 in 1970; water reached all of Manhattan only in 2013, 43 years later

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Jason Arday's death: Why a Ghent University academic is under probe after plagiarism accusation

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In the 1920s, America turned to Japanese oysters as its native industry declined; their descendants now support a Pacific Northwest shellfish industry worth over $270 million

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Apollo 11 set up the Moon's first seismometer in 1969; its recorded moonquakes gave scientists the first detailed map of the lunar interior

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Hawaii fenced the summit of Haleakalā against goats and pigs; native plants recovered inside while grazing continued outside

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Imran Khan's kin say Pak govt violated court order for not taking ex-PM to private hospital

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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan returns to Adiala Jail after medical examination at Islamabad hospital

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Red-faced Pakistan summons top diplomat over US envoy Gor's J&K remark in Srinagar

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Pakistan govt to challenge SC order to move jailed ex-PM Imran Khan to hospital

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Imran Khan's sister meets him after 9 months as Pakistan SC orders hospital transfer for jailed ex-PM

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'Move Imran Khan to hospital': Pakistan Supreme Court directs govt amid ex-PM's health concerns

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'Needs to be moved to hospital now': Imran Khan's health in jail deteriorates

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'30 civilans killed': Baloch activist shares video of 'Pakistani war crime', seeks US intervention

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Pakistani minister in Balochistan province escapes armed attack on convoy

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'Water is our red line': Shehbaz Sharif threatens India with 'direct response' over Indus Treaty

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'False': In rare move, Pak army reacts after rumours swirl of Imran Khan's death

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Why US is questioning Pakistan's Rs 3 trillion defence spending

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PML-N set to form 'government' in PoK after two former 'premiers' lose strongholds in third phase

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'Discontent answered with bullets': MEA slams Pakistan over PoK crackdown

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After weeks of violent protests, PoK votes in final election phase amid PTI, JAAC boycott calls

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BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir wins Bangladesh presidential election with 255 votes

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Sheikh Hasina says she will return to Bangladesh in December. What awaits her back home

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Nepal Speaker orders PM Balen to face House on Aug 26; attended just 5 of 39 sittings

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Nepal: Break Agniveer hiring deadlock, Gorkha veterans press Balen government

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Break Agnipath deadlock, Gorkha veterans press Balen govt as Indian Army chief visits Pokhara

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Blast near Kabul school injures around 50 children; UN condemns 'heinous' act

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Dhaka terms UN's report on al-Qaida presence in B'desh 'assumption-driven'

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Bangladesh sets tough riders for PM Tarique Rahman's visit to India

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Bangladesh PM's proposed India visit conditional on Hasina extradition, officials say

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'Both sides interested': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's first India visit likely in August 20-25 window

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Man dressed as 'Grim Reaper' climbs onto hospital roof with long blade and stares at patients, trying to scare them

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Who is Nathan Cofnas, the self-styled 'race realist' at centre of Jason Arday plagiarism row

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 19°C high on August 21, 2026

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 21, 2026

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures today, August 21, 2026

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures today, August 21, 2026

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 21, 2026

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New UK govt booklet tells asylum-seekers rape and child sex abuse are illegal

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Manchester synagogue terror attack: Iraqi national charged over failure to disclose information

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Major UK hotel chain CEO Joanna Boydell resigns amid security failings, sexual assault cases

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In 1624, a family bought an English estate that still contains ancient oak trees from a royal hunting forest; 402 years later some are still standing

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Nathan Cofnas, who exposed Cambridge professor Jason Arday's plagiarism, suspended by Ghent University

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Harvard to pay $53 million after human remains donated to its medical school were stolen and sold on the black market

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Quote of the day by Queen Victoria: "Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to..."

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Jason Arday Death: Nathan Cofnas, who exposed Cambridge scholar's plagiarism, under-fire at his university

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Reform UK councillor resigns, then withdraws after sending letter to wrong council

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China among 'main actors' involved in transnational repression: Germany

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'Sava's Titanic,' the century-old sunken shipwreck emerges as Europe's rivers fall to record lows

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Car salesman becomes Belgian prince after DNA test confirms royal paternity

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In 2017, Germany's Freiburg opened a city hall with solar-powered walls designed to produce more energy than the building needs

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Russia unleashes ballistic, cruise, hypersonic missiles and drones on Ukraine; Kyiv main target

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Overnight Russian missile strikes leave 6 dead, 33 wounded across Kyiv

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Trouble brewing for Zelenskyy? Ex-defence minister calls for wartime polls

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European wild boars escaped a North Carolina hunting ranch in 1912; a century later the Smokies still removes hundreds each year to limit their damage

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Queen Camilla says she nearly revealed King Charles III's cancer diagnosis days before palace announcement

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A 2,500-year-old sacred well in Italy hid bronze offerings and two human skeletons from an ancient Etruscan ritual

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An unstable rock formation threatens the existence of an entire Swiss village of 1,300 residents as thawing glaciers destabilise the Alps

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British couple on honeymoon die in helicopter crash on Greek island; pilot also killed

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Russia warns UK over Ukraine drone supplies, says Britain will face 'consequences'

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Women were excluded from Liechtenstein's throne for more than 400 years; a new royal rule now gives the firstborn child, regardless of gender, the right to inherit, and know who'll now own the throne

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Belgian student in construction job uncovers €9m gold treasure while digging sewer trench

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An 18-year-old construction worker in Belgium uncovered a €9 million gold hoard hidden inside a former brewery cellar

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China's 16.18-km undersea high-speed rail tunnel completes 21-day cutter replacement under extreme pressure

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In China's Nizhuhe village, a 945-foot cliffside elevator has cut a dangerous 3-hour school journey to about 30 minutes

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China puts AI 'robocops' on traffic duty; one 'Superman' robot claims to be faster than Usain Bolt

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China sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life in prison for financial crimes

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10 dead as torrential rain lashes southwest China; over 21,000 evacuated

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Cash, gold bars by drone: China's PLA stages 'wartime' Taiwan drill

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Archaeologists find earliest physical evidence of brass-making in East Asia in southern China

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Meet Ni Jingchen: The 12-year-old Beijing student who posted a strange fossil online and helped reveal Asia's first Jurassic amphibian footprint

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From hospitals to schools: China expands scrutiny of religious beliefs in Chengdu

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China launches 24th batch of low-orbit internet satellites from Hainan site

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The invisible war: Iran's evolving cyberattacks bring battlefront to small-town America

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UAE is turning desert sand into eco-friendly bricks, and the method cuts cement needed for construction to nearly half

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55,000 years ago, Neanderthals may have trekked deep into Saudi Arabia when Nefud Desert was covered by lakes and grasslands

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Iran rejects Trump's Hormuz 'total control' claim, says strait will reopen only on Tehran's terms

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Separated by Hamas in Oct 7 attack, Israeli couple reunites to marry 10 months after engagement

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US's secret Hormuz corridor: How America kept ships and oil moving despite Iran's closure

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India ramps up aid to Palestine, signs MoU for 200-bed super-speciality hospital

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Indian caregiver fatally stabbed in Israel, elderly couple's grandson indicted

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10:50 - 'Message to Europe - it can receive missiles': Iran warns of wider war if Trump attacks, says report

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Trump-Bibi tensions deepen? US officials frustrated by Israel's Syria strikes: Report

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'We'll bomb the s*** out of them': Why Trump is again threatening Oman amid Iran talks

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'Don't let them win': Netanyahu's party puts Zohran Mamdani alongside Iran, Hezbollah leaders on billboard

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Iran claims control, ships choose Omani route: What's changing in Strait of Hormuz

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'All trade, commercial exchanges halted': How UAE responded to Iran's latest ballistic missile attack

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'Ready to deal with any threats': UAE vows response after Iran fires two missiles

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'Took full advantage of ceasefire': Iran prepares for wider war with US, expands military plans

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In 2020, students helped raise money to protect a Canadian island from development; Chip Wilson's family foundation later donated C$4 million to protect three islands

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Meet Angus Johnstone, the Australian teacher who kept a kite in the air for more than 26 hours to raise money for Myanmar

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'Baby Shark' boy returns to stage, this time as a K-pop singer

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In 2019, Bahrain sank a 70-metre Boeing 747 in 20–22 metres of water; the jumbo jet became the centrepiece of a 100,000-square-metre underwater park

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North Korea fires 10 missiles amid US scaling back military drills with the South

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Two Belgian climbers vanished in the Alps in 1992; melting ice has finally revealed their remains 34 years later

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A strange wooden log found beneath Zambia's Kalambo Falls was dismissed for decades, then archaeologists dated it to 476,000 years ago

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Express train kills 4 workers carrying out weed-control work on tracks in Japan

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For generations, Indonesia's Huaulu community hunted endangered cockatoos for a sacred ritual; now they use naturally shed feathers

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6 Indians on board hijacked cargo ship carrying Turkish weapons off Somalia's coast

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A Costa Rican mother saved for 9 years to buy land, then built her home with 7 tonnes of recycled plastic

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68-year-old Sheila Consaul bought Ohio's abandoned Fairport Harbor West Lighthouse for $71,010 in 2011, then spent 15 years and over $300,000 restoring it as an off-grid home

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In 1911, Norwegian whalers released 10 reindeer on South Georgia for food and hunting; a century later nearly 7,000 were removed after the herds damaged native vegetation

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In 1968, one man left modern life behind, built a remote Alaska cabin himself and spent nearly 30 years living in the wilderness

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In 2020, a Brazilian mother and daughter began collecting discarded bottles; years later, more than 8,000 glass bottles had become the walls of their seven-bedroom home that glows during sunrise

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In 1964, a 27-year-old woman bought an abandoned 18 acre island off Maine and built a small house to live there alone; 22 years later the island was donated to become a wildlife sanctuary

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Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan moved to private hospital from prison after SC order

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MacKenzie Scott got $1,000 from her roommate to stay in college. Years later, she donated $26 billion to charity

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Florida police officer arrested after using Flock surveillance cameras 717 times to track estranged wife

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Texas man who made his fortune selling vacuums, bought 5,500 acres in 1969 and spent 40 years restoring its grasslands, water and wildlife

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In 1990, Utah used the world's largest rotenone treatment on Strawberry Reservoir; over 99% of fish biomass vanished and the rebuilt fishery later produced 715,000 catches a year

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In 2016, Turkey sank a retired Airbus A300 into the Aegean Sea to create an artificial reef for marine life

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A Mexican couple bought a failed coconut farm 30 years ago; the 346-acre wasteland is now a wildlife haven for turtles, dolphins and flamingos

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In 1986, a rancher saw hundreds of wild horses crammed into a government feedlot: Two years later, he created an 11,000-acre refuge

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In 1966, a 71-year-old woman donated nearly 100 acres of her Virginia farm and money for an amphitheatre; the land became America's only national park dedicated to the performing arts

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In the 12th century BC, elite Greeks wore iron jewellery made from metal that fell from space; 3,000 years later, scientists traced its extraterrestrial origin

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In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling koala habitat, then planted 44,000 eucalyptus trees and added 1,630 more acres

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In 2020, Belgium raised semi-transparent solar panels above a working pear orchard; pear yields fell 15%, but combined land-use efficiency reached 44% higher

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Streamer Nitro_Camden's Twitch stream takes an unexpected turn after StableRonaldo sends 15,000 viewers

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In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt sent New Zealand 20 elk for sport, and their hybrid descendants are still at the centre of a conservation debate

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In 2021, a flood-prone French town planned a 1.3-megawatt solar roof over its cemetery; the canopy would protect graves, collect water and supply residents

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16-year-old ran onto a Tennessee middle-school football field during a scuffle and tackled a player; school district banned her from its properties for life

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In 1966, American folk singer Pete Seeger set out to "build a boat to save the Hudson"; his floating classroom has since reached more than 500,000 people

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In 1982, a California cheese maker donated thousands of acres from his dairy ranch; 44 years later crews removed his old cattle levees and reconnected the San Joaquin River to 220 acres of floodplain

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An Iowa family moved the entire $12,000 farmhouse four miles on wheels to create their dream home

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In 2014, New York completed the Javits Center's bird-safe renovation and green roof; bird collisions fell by more than 90%, while 65 species later used the roof

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Around 1830, America imported Japanese wisteria for its hanging purple flowers; the vigorous vines can now smother trees and compete with native vegetation

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Detroit school students can earn $100 every week just by attending all their classes as district schools bring back cash rewards for perfect attendance

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In 2016, the Burt's Bees co-founder gave the US 87,500 acres and backed it with $40 million; 10 years later the Maine wilderness is a national monument

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Why the US is deporting migrants to Liberia instead of their home countries

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