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What woman with Maine roots should be on the $10 bill? Cast your vote.
Since the U.S. Treasury announced it would include a woman on the $10 bill in 2020 we think it’s only right that it consider putting a woman with Maine roots on the bill. The following women are...
View ArticleYou are probably not going to be killed by an animal
Map by BDN Maine | Source: CDC / Washington Post (States with no value had fewer than 10 deaths during that time span) Only 13 people in Maine were killed by animals from 1999 to 2013, according to...
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Readers pick Margaret Chase Smith to grace $10 bill
Margaret Chase Smith (Public domain photo) More than 1,000 BDN readers recently cast their votes online for women with Maine roots who should grace the $10 bill. They clearly prefer former Skowhegan...
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Would you rent this Lewiston crypt for the evening?
It even comes with a coffin — that you can sleep in. (Hotel Crypt) Would you spend the evening in a church crypt? What if that crypt had held for over a century the remains of the builder and first...
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Science may be able to trick mosquitoes into not biting us
Nature’s lil vampires (Global Panorama | Flickr Here’s some good news in mankind’s eternal war with one of its smallest and most dangerous pests. Scientists at Texas A&M University say they’ve...
View ArticleHow much sunlight Maine gets, compared with all the other states
Summer in Maine is magical. The problem is, there are nine other months. According to the Washington Post, July 8 is historically the sunniest day of the year. Which means each subsequent day is part...
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Piscataquis County leaves for work earlier than most of the rest of the country
Map by Dadaviz There are a lot of early birds in Piscataquis County. Residents of that county head to work between 5 and 6:59 a.m., on average, according to Census Data mapped by the blog Dadaviz....
View ArticleMaine’s governors have had some pretty great middle names. How many do you know?
If you can get all these right, you deserve a #mepolitics merit badge.
View ArticleThe journey from Mexico to Maine, as seen from space
The crew of Expedition 42 — which was doing research aboard the International Space Station this winter — took this amazing video of a night-time view of the U.S. from space. It follows the ISS’s...
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How to tell the difference between kinds of bodies of water, in one map
Do you know the difference between a strait and a channel? How about a gulf, bay or harbor? This chart from 1870 lays that all out, including illustrating the main differences between an island (you...
View ArticleThis video shows what Portland looked like in the late 1960s
Portland Maine History 1786 to Present is a pretty great local Facebook page that features a ton of cool historical photos and videos of the city. Today it posted this video that it says is probably...
View ArticleWhat a Bowdoin researcher has learned about the tiny mites crawling on your face
So, yes. Your face has a bunch of mites on it. They live in your hair follicles and consume your body’s oils. These mites eat, reproduce and live their own tiny lives and there’s nothing you can do...
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How Friday’s forecast compares with the record highs and lows of Christmas past
From Caribou to Portland, last Christmas was among the warmest on record. But this year, the temperatures in Portland could flirt with the record high. Portland’s record for a high temperature on Dec....
View ArticleHere’s one crazy way to reduce deer-car crashes: Coat their antlers with...
That’s one way to make the roads safer. Finnish reindeer herders paint the animals’ antlers with reflective paint so drivers will hopefully hit fewer of them, according to the website Atlas Obscura. In...
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