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YouTube announced more features for both viewers and creators, plus on This Day in History, KFC opens its first franchise location and it’s not in Kentucky!

The Best New Features Coming to YouTube in 2024 (gizmodo.com)

Made on YouTube 2024: Announcements for YouTube creators and viewers (blog.google)

An Antique Employee-Tracking Device: The International Dial Time Recorder Clock - Core77

The History Of KFC – Feedough

KFC - Our Heritage | KFC

KFC | The Colonel's Story Timeline | The Life of Harland Sanders

A struggling franchisee closes 25 KFC restaurants in the Midwest (restaurantbusinessonline.com)

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The scientific breakthrough that could help us predict catastrophic river shifts. Plus, the global number of rhinos is headed in the right direction, but poaching is also on the rise and a new woolly rhino is found. This Day in History, the founding of what turned into a legendary video gaming company.

Breakthrough study predicts catastrophic river shifts that threaten millions worldwide | ScienceDaily

The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too | AP News

India's one-horned rhino numbers charging ahead, govt says (yahoo.com)

32,400-year-old woolly rhino mummy unearthed with skin, fur intact (interestingengineering.com)

Frozen Mummy of a Subadult Woolly Rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) from the Late Pleistocene of Yakutia | Doklady Earth Sciences (springer.com)

Nintendo was founded in 1889, nearly a century before the NES | The Vintage News

23 September 1889: Nintendo starts making playing cards | MoneyWeek

From creating Japanese playing cards in 1889 to becoming one of the most iconic video game companies in history, see how Nintendo has evolved | Business Insider India

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47 years in and billions of miles from home, Voyager 1 still troubleshoots to explore the great beyond. Staying in space, the largest ever black hole jets have been discovered – and their size is almost incomprehensible. We’ll have the details. And on TDIH, the first fictitious band to hit number one on the Billboard 100.

Voyager 1 survives clogged thruster issue billions of miles away | CNN

NASA's Voyager 1 probe swaps thrusters in tricky fix as it flies through interstellar space | Space

Largest ever black hole jet pair discovered in the distant Universe | BBC Science Focus Magazine

50 Years Later, The Archies' 'Sugar, Sugar' Is Still 'Really Sweet' : NPR

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Diving lizards use an air bubble to breathe underwater. What can we learn from this fascinating admiral adaptation? Plus, Earth will soon have two moons…temporarily. And on 'This Day in History; the first carpet sweeper patented by Melvin Bissell also leads to the world’s first female CEO – in 1889.

'Scuba-diving' lizards use bubble to breathe underwater and avoid predators

Earth will soon have a temporary second moon | KTLA

What you need to know about Earth's new, temporary mini-moon - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT5 Captured by Earth from September to November - IOPscience

The First Carpet Sweeper

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Coffee and caffeine may be good for your health, we’ll explain. Weird Wednesday has a python catching competition, the bird of the year, and the oldest person alive is honored in Japan. Plus, on This Day in History, the first white female to be recognized as a chief in the Native American community.

Moderate coffee and caffeine consumption is associated with lower risk of developing multiple cardiometabolic diseases, new study finds | ScienceDaily

Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida challenge | AP News

A shy penguin has won New Zealand's bird election | AP News

New Zealand names bird of year after contest with bird costumes, craft beer - UPI.com

World's oldest living person honored on Respect for the Aged Day - UPI.com

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A city-killer sized asteroid’s close encounter with Earth could provide us with new data - but what are the odds it actually hits us? Plus, on This Day in History, how long did the first transcontinental flight of the US take? We’ll have the answer and tell who and how he did it.

'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study hints — but we won't know for 3 more years | Live Science

NASA can't wait for its OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft to meet 'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis in 2029 | Space

Could 'God of Chaos' asteroid hit Earth in 2029? | WFRV (wearegreenbay.com)

On the Sensitivity of Apophis's 2029 Earth Approach to Small Asteroid Impacts - IOPscience

Sept. 17, 1911: First Transcontinental Flight Takes Weeks | WIRED

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On today's episode, dinosaur-era tree saplings are being sold at auction with the goal of spreading their presence across Australia. Plus, a new study reveals how an aging immune system fuels cancer growth. And on This Day in History, the 1920 bombing of Wall Street – PLUS, was there really a secondary purpose to the Empire State Building’s massive spire?

6 Saplings of Dinosaur-Era Tree Species Being Auctioned to Spread the Pines Around Australia

Novel study reveals how aging immune system fuels cancer growth, potentially opening new avenues for prevention

TDIH: Blimps Docked on Empire State Building: True or False?

TDIH: Docking on the Empire State Building

TDIH: Wall Street Bombing 1920

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Like father, like daughter – a new study finds fathers with unhealthy diets can actually cardiovascular disease on to their daughters specifically. Plus, you won’t want to miss the Ig Nobel award-winning research this year – Reggie has details. And on TDIH, the NYC riot that started with a hat!

Like father, like daughter | ScienceDaily

Ig Nobel prize: Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive award | CNN

Studies on pigeon-guided missiles, swimming abilities of dead fish among Ig Nobels winners | AP News

100 Years Ago Men and Boys Fought on the Streets of New York Over Wearing Straw Hats Past Summer | The New York Public Library (nypl.org)

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The protein that may determine how long we live, and the most detailed video of a star ever shows bubbling gas on the surface. Plus, on This Day in History, The Messier Catalog is started - to let astronomers know what objects in the night sky aren't a comet.

Newly discovered gene may influence longevity | ScienceDaily

Astronomers track bubbles on star's surface | ScienceDaily

Who was Charles Messier? | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Charles Messier - NASA Science

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Can an organism as simple as bacteria really anticipate seasonal changes? Weird Wednesday has an expensive dime, odd room service requests, interesting items found in hotels, and a message-in-a-bottle birthday wish come true. And on This Day in History – the history of dialysis.

'Ice bucket challenge' reveals that bacteria can anticipate the seasons | ScienceDaily

Ohio family expects huge payout for rare coin hidden for decades | AP News

Hotels reveal most unusual lost and found items, room service requests - UPI.com

Hotel Room Innsights Report: Hotels.com Pulls Back the Covers on the Surprising World of Hotels - Expedia Newsrooms

Visitor to Georgia island finds third-grader's message in a bottle - UPI.com

Message in a bottle makes its way from Charleston to Georgia | News | postandcourier.com

The History of Dialysis - DaVita

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