Scientists catch an orangutan healing itself with a medicinal plant and the DOT has new rules in place for airlines to help passengers with canceled to delayed flights. Plus, on This Day in History, The Channel Tunnel connecting the UK and France opens.

Orangutan Uses Medicinal Plant (AP News) (Nature)

Airline Refund Rules (GNN) (Flightrights.gov)

The Channel Tunnel (Britannica) (ThoughtCo.)

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With the bird flu affecting cattle, is it safe to drink milk and eat beef? The couple that accidentally returned their cat to Amazon, and a new plastic that could largely biodegrade in just five months. Plus, on This Week in History, Washington DC is incorporated.

Bire Flu/Cattle (Gizmodo)

Cat Shipped (CNN)

Biodegradable Plastic (GNN)

TDIH - Washington DC (History) (Famous Daily)

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A new analysis of Tumeric gives the supplement two thumbs up for treating a particular degenerative condition, Willy Wonka’s Horrendous Glasgow experience returns … but this time in US, and on This Day and History, we look back at the 20 cent piece.

Tumeric (GNN)

Willy Wonka Experience (Sky News)

20 Cent Piece (Grey Sheet) (PCGS)

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Masterpieces Saved from Notre Dame Fire Now Restored and Back on View

Weird Wednesday: Chicago 'rat hole' has been removed | AP News, Milan poised to ban ice cream, pizza and more after midnight after new proposed law | World News | Sky News, South Carolina horse breaks world record for longest tail on a miniature horse - UPI.com, Ghana man hugs 1,123 trees in an hour for world record - UPI.com

TDIH: The Victorianist: “Spending a Penny”: Or The First Public Flushing Toilets - Open on This Day in 1852

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There is now a debate on the intelligence of Tyrannosaurus Rex, a dog lost in Australia reunites with his UK-based owners, and on This Day in History, the ice cream cone becomes an American staple.

T-Rex Intelligence (Gizmodo) (LA Times)

Lost Dog (Sky News)

Ice Cream Cone (History)

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The rubber duck that shows up 400 miles away, the rare lego piece that is found after 27 years, plus on This Day in History, the ancestor of the trolley takes to the streets in Berlin.

Rubber Duck (GNN)

Rare Lego (Sky News) (Sky News)

Trolley (Vintage News) (Siemens)

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Earth’s upcoming close encounter with an asteroid which will be 10 times closer than our own moon and Scientists plan to study it, the cicadas are here and wreaking havoc in South Carolina, plus, on This Day in History, mass trials of the Polio vaccine are distributed.

Asteroid (Gizmodo) (MSN)

Cicadas (AP News)

Polio Vaccine (Britannica) (NPR)

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The incredible memory of Mountain Chickadees, plus NASA is soliciting help to bring Mars samples back to Earth faster and cheaper, and on This Day in History, the first solar cell is unveiled. 

Chickadee Memory (GNN) (University of Colorado)

Mars Samples (AP News)

First Solar Cell (Popular Science)

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The heroic act of a Taco Bell manager in Pennsylvania, plus Weird Wednesday brings us a hippo with a mistaken identity, it’s not pigman, but a seagull boy, and getting paid to watch Star Wars . Plus, on This Day in History, a man makes a trip around the world…in a fishing boat.

Taco Bell Hero (GNN)

Hippo Gender Identity (BBC)

Seagull Boy (BBC)

Star Wars Marathon (FinanceBuzz)

Trip Around the World (Britannica)

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A new study examines the benefits of exercise on depression, a new technique to heal broken bones that makes them better than ever, and good news from Voyager 1. Plus, on This Day is History, we look at the term “Hillbilly”.

Exercise Benefits on Depression (GNN) (JACC Journals)

Broken Bones Healing Technique (GNN) (OMU)

Voyager 1 (CNN)

Hillbilly History (Appalachian History) (History Collection)

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