Behind the veil
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Solar Eclipse from across the world
Reuters
A solar eclipse is seen in the Altai region some 186 miles from Barnaul. A dark shadow swept across Russia today as thousands of skywatchers from all over the world flocked to Siberia to see a rare total eclipse of the sun
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Museum of London
This brass tobacco box dates back to 1672 and is engraved with a long inscription about its contents, including the words 'then fill your pipe thereof & do not spare, when melancholy doth upon me seize, sometimes tobacco doth my fancy please'.
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Earth Day
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The southern white rhinoceros may be the only hope of survival for its cousin, the endangered northern white rhinoceros. New cloning techniques could mix the genes of the two in order to help the northern white rhinocerus survive.
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