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- Death Valley National Park now offering a rare opportunity – kayaking https://edition.cnn.com/travel/death-valley-national-park-kayaking-temporary-lake/index.html 41 comments
- Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101881567/Turkey-Discovers-694-million-mt-of-Rare-Earth-Element-Reserves-with-Infrastructure-Construction-Starting-This-Year/ 41 comments
- Details of rare bronze age coffin found in golf course pond revealed https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/10/rare-bronze-age-coffin-found-golf-course-pond-axe 9 comments
- The Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources recently announced on its official website that the government has discovered 694 million mt of rare earth elements in the Beylikova region of Eskişehir, Turkey. https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101881567/Turkey-Discovers-694-million-mt-of-Rare-Earth-Element-Reserves-with-Infrastructure-Construction-Starting-This-Year/#.YsSw_-yrSbA.twitter 5 comments worldnews
- Rare ‘Wicked’ bible that encourages adultery discovered in New Zealand https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/02/rare-wicked-bible-that-encourages-adultery-discovered-in-new-zealand 64 comments nottheonion
- After rare reversal, Wormuth confirmed once again as first woman Army secretary https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/05/26/wormuth-first-woman-confirmed-as-army-secretary/ 61 comments army
- Decades of research reveals very little difference between male and female brains - once brain size is accounted for, any differences that remained were small and rarely consistent from one study to the next, finds three decades of data from MRI scans and postmortem brain tissue studies. https://academictimes.com/decades-of-research-reveals-very-little-difference-between-male-and-female-brains/?t=au 2786 comments science
- Iran issues rare threat to develop nuclear weapon if "pushed" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-issues-rare-threat-to-develop-nuclear-weapon-if-pushed/ 21 comments worldnews
- Boy, 12, discovers rare dinosaur skeleton https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54547987 12 comments worldnews
- Novak Djokovic is a champion of rare character and durability https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2020/09/novak-djokovic-champion-rare-character-and-durability/90898/ 12 comments tennis
- It's a zonkey! Zebra gives birth to rare baby after mating with a donkey https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/11/world/zebra-donkey-zonkey-kenya-trnd/index.html 25 comments nottheonion
- Billionaires are only rarely policy failures - Squeezing the rich https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/11/09/billionaires-are-only-rarely-policy-failures 28 comments moderatepolitics
- In Rare Bipartisan Move, Reps. Adam Schiff and Devin Nunes Threaten to Subpoena DOJ for Mueller Files https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-rare-bipartisan-move-reps-adam-schiff-and-devin-nunes-threaten-to-subpoena-doj-for-mueller-files?via=twitter_page 4 comments politics
- Ottawa teen with rare disorder lives out dream of becoming a Walmart greeter https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ottawa-teen-with-rare-disorder-lives-out-dream-of-becoming-a-walmart-greeter-1.4412708 6 comments nottheonion
- In rare move, IDF admits Syria strike, expresses sorrow over Russian plane https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-rare-move-idf-admits-syria-strike-expresses-sorrow-over-russian-plane/ 3 comments worldnews
- Two Men Allegedly Stole $8 Million Worth of Rare Books, Including Newton’s ‘Principe’. An archivist and an antique bookseller allegedly conspired to steal hundreds of items from the Carnegie Library rare books room. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kmkzd/two-men-stole-dollar8-million-worth-of-rare-books-including-newtons-principia 5 comments books
- Rare breed of black hole seen ripping apart a star. The new observations offer some of the most compelling evidence yet for the existence of "intermediate-mass black holes," which are black holes between 100 and 100,000 solar masses. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/06/rare-intermediate-mass-black-hole-found-tearing-apart-star 41 comments space
- Xi Jinping's term limit proposal sparks rare public dissent in China https://m.timesofindia.com/world/china/xi-jinpings-term-limit-proposal-sparks-rare-public-dissent-in-china/articleshow/63096412.cms 35 comments worldnews
- One Of Trump's Judicial Picks Received A Rare "Not Qualified" Rating From Top Legal Group https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/one-of-trumps-judicial-picks-received-a-rare-not-qualified?utm_term=.pfeagnbdr#.qfjprwm6y 23 comments politics
- Why are top down 3D games so rare? https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/62qdgw/why_are_top_down_3d_games_so_rare/ 25 comments gamedev
- Averaging 20 points, 10 assists/game is rare. In the past 20 years, only 5 players have done it: Chris Paul, Westbrook, Harden, Deron Williams, and John Wall https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/5ltq78/averaging_20_points_10_assistsgame_is_rare_in_the/ 82 comments nba
- Norway reaches rare milestone of 100,000 all-electric vehicles on the roads, wants 400,000 by 2020 https://electrek.co/2016/12/13/norway-all-electric-vehicles-100000/ 34 comments technology
- Belfast-based astronomers have helped to discover a very rare celestial event - a star being "swallowed" after it passed too close to a black hole. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-38292733 4 comments worldnews
- Husband murdered in Multan in rare male 'honour killing' http://tribune.com.pk/story/1125256/husband-murdered-multan-rare-male-honour-killing/ 12 comments pakistan
- 500 rare Apple II programs and games are now preserved online at the Internet Archive http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/05/500-rare-apple-ii-programs-and-games-are-now-preserved-online-at-the-internet-archive/ 9 comments apple
- Marco Rubio: US must not demonize police officers amid 'rare' misconduct http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/24/marco-rubio-us-must-not-demonize-police-officers 5 comments politics
- Cleveland Browns sign 9-year-old with rare immunodeficiency disease to one day contract through Make-a-Wish foundation https://twitter.com/browns/status/605745358719746048/photo/1 9 comments nfl
- In rare move, banks sue Target's security auditor http://www.csoonline.com/article/750300/in-rare-move-banks-sue-target-s-security-auditor?source=csonle_nlt_salted_hash_2014-03-27 21 comments technology
- Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law, Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays. “Rarely have I seen a piece of legislation that in so few paragraphs directly violates so many basic, universal human rights.” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/world/africa/nigeria-uses-law-and-whip-to-sanitize-gays.html?hp 4 comments worldnews
- Fisherman smashes rare six-legged octopus against rock and eats it http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/biodiversity/10204611/fisherman-smashes-rare-six-legged-octopus-against-rock-and-eats-it.html 13 comments worldnews
- Fishermen pull a truly rare, truly massive shark out of the ocean. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-shark-record-20130604,0,7035382.story 9 comments worldnews
- Rare variants and human genetic diversity http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2012/07/rare-variants-and-human-genetic.html 4 comments science
- Complex systems rarely if ever have a single root cause http://www.kitchensoap.com/2012/02/10/each-necessary-but-only-jointly-sufficient/ 20 comments sysadmin
- Rare photos of Joe Namath. Link goes to the best picture ever. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1101/joe-namath-rare-photos/content.11.html 34 comments nfl
- What do we do when China stops allowing us access to rare earth elements? http://www.cnn.com/2011/tech/innovation/03/09/rare.earth.magnet.race/index.html?iref=ns1 6 comments technology
- "China has not imposed any bans on exports of rare earth minerals for political purposes." Are they seriously trying to deny this? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/world/asia/09china.html?hp 3 comments worldnews
- 100 years ago, obesity was so rare this man got a job as a circus freak http://modeledbehavior.com/2010/04/15/americas-obesity-epidemic-bringing-sideshow-freaks-into-the-discussion/ 68 comments history
- EXTREMELY RARE Recently Released Amateur Footage of the Challenger Disaster. Amazing and sad. [VID] http://nothingtoxic.com/media/1264989815/recently_unearthed_raw_amateur_footage_of_space_shuttle_challenger_explosion 6 comments science
- 10 Rare HTML Tags You Really Should Know http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/10-rare-html-tags-you-really-should-know/ 10 comments web_design
- Bookseller discovers rare wartime Keep Calm and Carry On poster http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4643306/bookseller-discovers-rare-wartime-keep-calm-and-carry-on-poster.html 6 comments history