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William James Sidis was the son of a psychiatrist who reportedly pushed him toward academics from an early age. Sidis could ...

Hence it became a tradition at the Olympics to use the now world-famous flame. Yep, both of them are Dutch inventions! In 1608 (one year before Galileo, say what?!), spectacle-craftsmen Zacharias ...

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Cher has a book coming out, Cher, The Memoir, Part One, and Vulture has an excerpt about meeting Sonny Bono. In my mind I was thinking, Yeah, OK, this old line. But I must have had a look on my face ...

Cesare Mencarini, a 17-year-old Italian student at Cardiff Sixth Form College, has become the first person to create a working fusion reactor in a school setting, Interesting Engineering reported ...

When Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei heard rumors of the first practical telescope at the beginning of the 17th century, he was quick to craft his own version and turn it toward the heavens.

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