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Omiword, a Word Game

Introducing Omiword, a free daily word puzzle from the makers of Damn Interesting • By Alan Bellows • 21 July 2025

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Video: When 50,000 volts go through a wire at 5,000,000 FPS [21:54]
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 OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
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 How the Brain Increases Blood Flow on Demand
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 Researchers find that songbirds sometimes get 'divorced'
npr.org
 Iraq War Through Historical Photos: From City Streets to Desert Outposts, 2003-2011
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 Existing NASA Spacecraft Could Intercept the Weird Interstellar Object Cruising Into Our Star System
futurism.com
 Finland’s Short, Precious Summers Are Plagued by Goose Poop
nytimes.com
 Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage?
bbc.com
 Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions − an environmental engineer explains how the ISS does it
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 What If a Kid is Terrified of Food? The Rise of ARFID
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The Wilhelm Scream

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A Potentially Disastrous Design Error

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