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- Scientists search for regional accents in cod (The University of Exeter)
- Itch relief by mirror scratching (PLOS)
- In refrigerators, tomatoes lose flavor at the genetic level (The New York Times)
- P.T. Barnum's final attraction (Now I Know)
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