Earlier this week, we received this question from a fan on Facebook who wondered how many decimals of the mathematical constant pi (π) NASA-JPL scientists and engineers use when making calculations:Does JPL only use 3.14 for its pi calculations? Or do you…

In April 1987, Princess Diana opened the UK’s first purpose built HIV/Aids unit. John O’Reilly was a nurse on the ward at the time.

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Irish police release a man held over an explosives find, after Slovak authorities admit planting them in his luggage.

In 2006, Lily penned a song about her brother noscriptd Alfie that painted her younger brother in a less-than-flattering light.
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the largest library of the ancient world, located in Alexandria, Egypt

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Read how National Geographic revealed the clandestine military project that led to the discovery of the famed shipwreck.

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