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Two Rembrandt paintings previously unknown to art scholars will be up for auction this summer after not being seen in public for 200 years!

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, often known simply as Rembrandt, created the paintings in 1635. They feature an elderly husband and wife from a... Read more

Trinity Fossil Facts: • Trinity’s age: 65 to 67     million years old • Trinity sales price: $5.3 million • Measurements: 38 feet long and 12.8 feet high
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“Trinity” the Tyrannosaurus rex sold at auction last month for $5.3 million.

The T. rex is composed of 293 bones excavated from three sites in Montana and Washington. The bones were dug up between 2008 and 2013 and assembled into a single skeleton, known as a composite. The figure... Read more

SEAWEED MASS FACTS: • Width of seaweed mass: 5,000 miles • Ocean it’s floating in: Atlantic • Species of seaweed in existence: over 12,000
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A giant blob of seaweed is slowly floating toward Florida’s beaches. The collection of seaweed weighs more than 10 million tons, and stretches more than 5,000 miles—twice the width of the continental United States!

The seaweed at issue is called sargassum, and it’s a leafy BUOYANT... Read more

EARTHQUAKE FACTS: • Turkey & Syria on Feb. 6 • 13.5 million affected • 7.8- and 7.5- magnitude quakes
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In the early morning darkness of Feb. 6, a major earthquake struck south-central Turkey, collapsing houses and multi-story apartment buildings as people slept.

First was the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which shook the ground for 75 seconds and destroyed buildings over a huge area, including... Read more

NEW MINERAL FACTS: • Location of discovery: Somalia • Year meteorite found: 2020 • Weight of meteorite: 33,510 pounds
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Have you ever heard of elaliite and elkinstantonite?

You’re certainly not alone if you haven’t—because they were just recently discovered on Earth! Scientists IDENTIFIED two minerals that have never been seen on our planet from a slice of meteorite that was discovered in Somalia in... Read more

Runestone Facts: Where were runestones used: Scandinavia • Runestones first used: Around 2,000 years ago • Date of earliest known writing: 3400 B.C.
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Archeologists in Norway discovered the world’s oldest dated runestone.

Runestones are the oldest known form of writing in Scandinavia. They are stone blocks with markings of the runic alphabet, which was first used about 2,000 years ago, according to the University of Oslo. Archeologists... Read more

NEW MINERAL FACTS: • Location of discovery: Somalia • Year meteorite found: 2020 • Weight of meteorite: 33,510 pounds
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Have you ever heard of elaliite and elkinstantonite?

You’re certainly not alone if you haven’t—because they were just recently discovered on Earth! Scientists IDENTIFIED two minerals that have never been seen on our planet from a slice of meteorite that was discovered in Somalia in... Read more

A line of orange flames make up the lava flow of Mauna Loa.
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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted last month for the first time since 1984.

The volcano began spewing fountains of glowing rock and ash and spilling lava on Nov. 27. Though it’s been a long time since Mauna Loa last erupted, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)... Read more

• Current annual inflation: 8.2% • Most expensive areas: food, shelter, medical care • Common inflation measurement: Consumer     Price Index (CPI) • Who calculates the CPI: U.S. Bureau of Labor     Statistics
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Inflation is a big word that sounds pretty intimidating, but the basic definition is this: an increase in the prices of goods and services.

Like most things in life that require moderation, inflation is actually a good thing in a certain amount. The Federal Reserve, the central bank of... Read more

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