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I live in California. This should be interesting.

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A man stands next to the cross section of a giant redwood tree in California, 1909. Photograph courtesy U.S. Forest Service

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In 1925, the little San Diego Zoo gained international attention with the arrival of Australia’s best-known marsupial: koalas. But when director Tom Faulconer made the arduous trip down under to collect the animals, he was disappointed to find that the Australian government had failed to grant the permits necessary to remove the species from the country. However, before Faulconer set sail for his return to the states, a delivery truck pulled up with a gift from the children of Sydney to the children of San Diego. They were Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, the first koalas in North America, named after characters in an Australian children’s book.

Read Snugglepot and Cuddlepie’s story HERE.

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Snugglepot and Cuddlepie IRL! ❤️🐨

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Linda Ellerbee Retiring — ‘Nick News’ Final Broadcast Scheduled

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This show was my first introduction to news! 😢 -Emily

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We old.

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FRIENDSHIP

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Chris Lilley plays a rapping tortoise and saucy dental nurse in the new Stafford Brothers music video

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the turtle kills me.

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Sequioa National Park is celebrating it’s quasquicentennial birthday today. That means it’s been 125 years since Congress officially made it a park.

Images:Internet Archive/NPS/LOC

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Woot! That’s a big birthday - befitting of such big, gorgeous trees! -Ariel

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David Bianculli reviews Documentary Now!, an IFC miniseries written by Seth Meyers and starring Fred Armisen and Bill Hader. The opening episode, Sandy Passage, is a parody of Grey Gardens:

“These parodies are filmed with loving detail, imitating the style as well as the look of each film. Yet they’re not content with being just parodies – Seth Meyers, as the principal writer, loves to use these fake films as springboards to surprising new directions. The “Grey Gardens” spoof, for example, morphs seamlessly into a “found footage” kind of horror film. As for the others – well, just watch. These quirky little half-hours are like extended “SNL” sketches… the good ones.”

Also, this photo is everything. 

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things are happening. 🇬🇧💂

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Important.

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🏄🏼

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New babies. My yoga prop hoarding continues...

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Scientists at the University of Alberta filmed a knuckle cracking in an MRI scanner to find out what makes that popping sound. I’ve wondered about this for ages, and I can’t believe this hasn’t been done before!

Turns out, contrary to the dominant theory of the past 50 years, the pop happens when a bubble forms between the two bones - not when that bubble collapses. Even better, some think that knuckle-popping might actually be good for your joints. Well, well, well, looks like my sister was wrong! 

More from NPR’s Rob Stein.

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I’m sure there is a symphony of knuckle cracking celebrating this news.  -Emily

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Me and my popcorn body feel validated.