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This seal may have been dead meat from the pod of pursuing killer whales if it hadn't been for Kirk Fraser's passing ship.
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You've heard about jumping for joy, but this squirrel didn't seem very excited about having its head stuck in a Yoplait container.
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The first of the 2014 summer supermoons filled the night sky last night. Here are some of your photos from around the United States. Click to see the full photos.
Today the French National Day of July 14, Fête de la Fédération, commemorates the date 225 years ago when citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison during the French Revolution, freeing the seven prisoners being held there and branding the memory of "Bastille Day" forevermore. (1789) As an interesting historical footnote, one of the keys to the Bastille, a fortress that was torn […]
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