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Top 10 Biggest Trading Losses in History

On May 10,  JPMorgan Chase admitted a “grievous” failure in their trading operations that led to a $2 billion loss for the storied investment bank in the past six weeks alone. How does the latest money mismanagement stack up against history’s biggest losses?

Courtesy of Aday.org, from A Day in the Life of Sweden in 2003

How You Too Can Take Part in the World’s Biggest Photo Project

On May 15, amateur and professional photographers around the world will pause to preserve a mosaic of modern moments for posterity. Here’s how you can participate.

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About China’s Terra-Cotta Army

Relics from the legendary Chinese archaeological site are now on display in New York City. Here’s what you need to know

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Etan Patz: A Brief History of the ‘Missing Child’ Milk Carton Campaign

The milk carton campaign of the 80s had a short life span, but the national coordination it facilitated has had lasting effects

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Discovery of World’s Largest ‘Dinosaur Eggs’ Hatches Doubt

Russia has laid claim to 40 fossilized dinosaur eggs, but paleontologists say the facts are scrambled

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Buried Treasure: World War II Spitfires to Be Unearthed in Burma

Paging Indiana Jones: a British farmer’s 15-year quest to find a squadron of legendary fighter planes buried in a far-off land has finally paid off

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Will The Beatles’ Sons Follow in Their Fathers’ Footsteps?

James McCartney told a reporter he’s interested in teaming up with three other Beatles kids to start a band.

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New Section of Great Wall Discovered in Mongolia

A British explorer unearths an extension of the world wonder, the first section believed to exist outside China’s borders

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Valentine’s Day Traditions Around the World

Amore, kärlek, sayang, 喜爱 — however you say it, love is in the air, no matter where people live.