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Whales' migration patterns can be tracked by their songs, researchers claim

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It's fun to go to a party, talk to strangers, and try to guess where they're from just by their accents and use of language. It's called 'soda' on the East Coast and 'pop' in the Midwest, right? Well, it looks like a new study has been able to determine where a Humpback whale has been and who he's been hanging out with during his awesome travels just from his song.

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Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is calling for a "Green Amendment" to the Constitution

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There is no shortage of proposals from the, um, what's the word for it… huge, group of Democratic presidential candidates this year. But one may stand out from the pack as being not just bold but also necessary; during a CNN town hall about climate change Andrew Yang proposed a "green amendment" to the constitution.

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Police broke into an innocent black man's house and arrested him. It was all caught on camera.

When homeowner Kazeem Oyeneyin was awakened by his burglar alarm he didn't expect a police officer to show up with his gun drawn, handcuff him in his underwear, and parade him outside in front of his neighbors under the suspicion of trying to burglarize his own home. But, unfortunately, that is exactly what happened.

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The often misunderstood condition that killed Garry Shandling

The beloved comedian's 2016 death highlights a little known disease

Shandling during the 1994 Emmy Awards rehearsals

In an appearance on Jerry Seinfeld's series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," filmed not long before his death, Garry Shandling mentions he had hyperparathyroidism. “The symptoms are so much like being an older Jewish man, no one noticed!" he jokes. Shandling died at age 66 of a heart attack — one of the many health risks heightened from the disease.

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Woman fights back against cop harassing her 12-year-old nephew for selling his rap CD at the mall

“You’re 12? You’re about to go to jail.”

Twelve-year-old Corey “Lil C-Note" Jackson has already made a name for himself in the hip-hop world. He's sold over 250,000 albums and he appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show last year to show off his amazing sales technique.

Jackson is also a philanthropist. At ten he started the “If I Can Do It, You Can, Too" foundation where he gives away toys to disenfranchised children. He also tours as a motivational speaker.

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An Educator (And NEA President) Schools Us On What Teachers Do Every Day

In our precarious times, teachers have become social workers, substitute parents, babysitters, and psychologists too.

Nearly everyone would agree that teachers in our country are underpaid and underappreciated. But in our precarious times, teachers have become social workers, substitute parents, babysitters, and psychologists too. Besides teaching the three R's, they monitor the mental health and well-being of children.

In a speech that verges on performance art, National Education Association president Lily Eskelsen García lists all the important work that a typical teacher does in a day. “We serve kids a hot meal, we put Band-Aids on boo-boos," she starts. But then it turns into an insane litany listing the manifold tasks of a typical teacher: immunizations, paperwork, “career counseling, pregnancy counseling, mental health counseling." Teachers stop kids from bullying, “tell them to say 'I'm sorry' and mean it," “foster racial tolerance and cultural diversity." And that's just the beginning.

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