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The shocking discovery rattled the relatively stagnant field of commercial macadamia nut research.
70 Percent of the World’s Macadamia Nuts Came From One Tree in Australia
Call it the Genghis Khan of macadamias.
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For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes
From 1896 until the 1930s, showmen would travel the country staging wrecks at state fairs.
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How to Recreate 1,300-Year-Old Cookies
Found in an empty tomb, these sweets have staying power.
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When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships
The company had a long, strange relationship with the U.S.S.R.
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There are upwards of 50 different werewolf stories Vikings would tell around roaring fires to help pass long, dark Scandinavian winters.
The Long, Hidden History of the Viking Obsession With Werewolves
A symbol both of chaos and order, the wolf came to represent many things for the Vikings.
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Europeans Once Drank Distilled Human Skulls as Medicine
“Corpse medicine” created a booming market for craniums, especially mossy ones.
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This Bean Might Get Your Kitchen Raided by the Feds
Vanilla-flavored tonka beans are illegal in the United States.
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Scottish Singles Used to Spend Halloween Picking Kale
The leafy green once foretold the future.
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Make the Ancient Road Snack of Central Asian Nomads
These dried dairy balls have been fueling travel for millennia.
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