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In 1942, a 24-year-old WWII pilot vanished over Egypt; 84 years later, his family finally buries him beside his parents in North Carolina

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Meet Kianoosh Nawai, the West Virginia eighth-grader who built a low-cost 3D-printed bionic hand and became his state’s only finalist in a national STEM contest

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Dublin thought a 13th-century Norman castle had been demolished about 150 years ago; a researcher has now shown its walls, courtyard and medieval features were hiding inside a university building all along

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In 1967, Rolex made a rare yellow-gold Daytona with a Paul Newman dial; after more than 45 years in a family drawer, two sisters inherited it and it sold for CHF 1.143 million in Geneva

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10-year-old Seattle boy lived in a tent while his mother battled fentanyl addiction; after an 11-month rescue effort, he entered school for the first time and said, ‘I want to go back’

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A Tennessee farmer spent 4 years trying to return a mistaken $20,000 IRS refund. Instead, he faced $4,000 in penalties; then country singer John Rich stepped in and ended the dispute

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An 82-year-old California tea importer spent 53 years on a 2-acre compound with 36+ structures; after decades of permit disputes and a 2024 National Register listing, a court ordered him to leave

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A California retiree began picking up litter alone on daily walks in 2020; six years later, her volunteer group has removed about 750,000 pounds of trash and now organises valley-wide cleanups

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In 2017, Dubuque turned recycled plastic equal to about 67,000 water bottles into 14 floating islands; the 2,674-sq-ft system now adds plant, fish and bird habitat to Bee Branch Creek

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An Ohio farmer watched gullies repeatedly cut through his family’s 700-acre farm and decided to change how he worked the land; decades later, the family operation has grown to 8,000 acres while becoming a conservation showcase