The sign for Sams Scrap Yard stuck out of a tall dirt hill. Wild leafy vines crawled along the dirt and snaked around the sign. A tangle of watermelons, cantaloupes, pumpkins, cucumbers, and zucchinis covered the hill. The children rode their bikes p

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Knock, knock. Mr Matthews? What a surprise! Where're your parents? They didn't bring me. I took the bus. Actually they don't even know I'm here. I've brought you a germanium. Geranium. Didn't I say germanium? Yes, you did. In fact, germanium is a che

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Now as engineers, we think of this as straight-up miniaturization. 作为工程师,我们认为这个就是直接微型化。 You took a big thing and you made it little. 你带来一个大东西并且把它变小。 But what I told you before abou

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1. 2,500 American service members have died in the Iraq War. That number comes from the Pentagon today which also says nearly 18,500 troops were wounded since the war began in 2003. 2. Defense Secreta

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The gold bars, worth a total of ?10,000 (13,000 euros, $17,000), were buried in Folkestone, southeast England, by Berlin-based Michael Sailstorfer as part of an upcoming arts festival. Members of the public will be allowed to keep any of the 24-carat

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Before beginning todays podcast, I need to explain a few words. The first word is treasure. Treasure means things which are very valuable; generally, treasure means things made of gold or silver or precious stones. The second word is hoard. If someon

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