Kitchen magnet
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Scientists just got their best look at the sun’s surface and revealed that it was hiding serious Van Gogh energy.
Astronomers released photos yesterday that were snapped by the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui. The images were taken while technicians were fine-tuning
The invention that birthed McMansions
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Where the dancing horses went
For two decades from 1927, children in Baton Rouge’s City Park paid a nickel to ride hand-carved horses beneath a pagoda roof. A brass organ wheezed; riders reached for a brass ring to try and win a free ride.
Then the carousel vanished.
Its 54 horses had traveled