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History
The Bureaucrats Who Singled Out Hiroshima for Destruction - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/08/hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bomb-anniversary/400448/ via @TwistedSifter on twitter
Miscellaneous:
Say goodbye to the weirdest border dispute in the world - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/01/say-goodbye-to-the-weirdest-border-dispute-in-the-world/ via
nwhyte
A Renaissance painting reveals how breeding changed watermelons - http://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9050469/watermelon-breeding-paintings via @TwistedSifter on twitter
Singapore's 1940s teenage weightlifting beauty queen - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33750637
How time zones confused the world - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33815153
A Rarity Reclaimed: Stolen Stradivarius Recovered After 35 Years - http://www.npr.org/2015/08/06/427718240/a-rarity-reclaimed-stolen-stradivarius-recovered-after-35-years via @TwistedSifter on twitter
Musicians
Dolly In Nashville: Authenticity That Makes Room For Rhinestones - http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/08/03/428791584/dolly-in-nashville-authenticity-that-makes-room-for-rhinestones?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150803 via
rise_your_dead
Science:
Anti-thalidomide hero Frances Oldham Kelsey dies at 101 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33831451 She was also responsible for the FDA doing half the good work it does.
Wrestling:
Why do wrestlers so often die young? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33817959 The thing that really got me is WWE's response which was all 'we have a wellness programme now, and try to encourage them not to misuse recreational drugs', and that's actually mentioned in the article. It's like WWE PR department, did you not bother reading the article.
The Bureaucrats Who Singled Out Hiroshima for Destruction - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/08/hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bomb-anniversary/400448/ via @TwistedSifter on twitter
Miscellaneous:
Say goodbye to the weirdest border dispute in the world - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/01/say-goodbye-to-the-weirdest-border-dispute-in-the-world/ via
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A Renaissance painting reveals how breeding changed watermelons - http://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9050469/watermelon-breeding-paintings via @TwistedSifter on twitter
Singapore's 1940s teenage weightlifting beauty queen - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33750637
How time zones confused the world - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33815153
A Rarity Reclaimed: Stolen Stradivarius Recovered After 35 Years - http://www.npr.org/2015/08/06/427718240/a-rarity-reclaimed-stolen-stradivarius-recovered-after-35-years via @TwistedSifter on twitter
Musicians
Dolly In Nashville: Authenticity That Makes Room For Rhinestones - http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/08/03/428791584/dolly-in-nashville-authenticity-that-makes-room-for-rhinestones?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150803 via
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Science:
Anti-thalidomide hero Frances Oldham Kelsey dies at 101 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33831451 She was also responsible for the FDA doing half the good work it does.
Wrestling:
Why do wrestlers so often die young? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33817959 The thing that really got me is WWE's response which was all 'we have a wellness programme now, and try to encourage them not to misuse recreational drugs', and that's actually mentioned in the article. It's like WWE PR department, did you not bother reading the article.