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The World’s First Barbecue Museum is Coming to Kansas City
According to an announcement, the new venue will be the world’s first museum dedicated to barbecue. The museum is being ...
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Can’t Get Enough Carbs? That Craving Might Have Started More Than 800,000 Years Ago
New research traces the genetic underpinnings of the enzyme amylase, which helps humans digest starches and sugars ...
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This Newly Discovered, Octagonal Building in Armenia Is One of the World’s Oldest Christian Churches
Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known Christian church in Armenia. Shaped like an octagon with cross-shaped ...
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Astronomers Uncover the Origin of Most of Earth’s Meteorites, Shedding Light on Our Solar System’s Past
Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet ...