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The Oldest Peace Treaty Hangs on a Wall at the UN

A pact signed by an Egyptian pharaoh and a Hittite king over 3,200 years ago still watches over modern diplomacy.

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Earth & Climate Ecosystems

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest structure built by living things

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Food & Drink Nutrition

Adding iodine to salt may be the cheapest brain-saving measure in history

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Technology Transportation

A steel box cut shipping costs more than thirtyfold

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Geography Demographics

About 85% of Australians live within 50 km of the coast

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Earth & Climate Natural Disasters

The 1960 Valdivia earthquake is the most powerful ever recorded, at magnitude 9.5

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History Archaeology

Gobekli Tepe's stone temples predate Stonehenge, farming and pottery

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