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This week I learned why cows don't like your cologne, and more

Fun and interesting facts from around the web

Read more about the facts mentioned:

FYI: Why do leaves turn different colors (Popular Science)

Spirit of the Marathon documentary

Made in Portland: The $110 cologne for cows (Modern Farmer)

The morning morality effect: Why people are more like to lie and cheat in the afternoon (Discover Magazine)

Scooby history (Cinema.com)

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6 eye-catching homes from the 1960s

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Briefing

'Why are we willing to live with this carnage?'

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'Go in there! Go in there!'

Uvalde gunman was inside school for an hour as parents urged police to act

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