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- What could possibly connect Abraham Lincoln to vampires? The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History answers. [via O Say Can You See]
- The ongoing history of how women are unacknowledged for their contributions to the field of paleontology. [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- Get a new look at earth with nearly two decades of images now online via Worldview [via Info Docket]:
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