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Five Myths about America’s Origins
George Washington never chopped down a cherry tree; geological evidence from his boyhood home shows that no cherry trees have ever grown there. As we prepare for our country’s 233rd birthday, we should think about the fact that many of the stories sold as historical fact would be better categorized as sheer fiction.
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APOD: 2009 July 5 - Genesis Missions Hard Impact
A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert in 2004 after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. No space aliens were involved, however. The saucer, pictured above, was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun.
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