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In case you're wondering!

You use your hands every day to do thousands of things, but have you ever wondered why you refer to your fingers by names like 'thumb' and 'pinky'?

Andrew LaSane






Megafauna like woolly mammoths dominated during the ice age.

From what causes ice ages and how many we’ve had, to the species that thrived and the ones that died, here’s what you need to know.

Kerry Wolfe