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Gold miners discovered the mummified Steppe Bison now called "Blue Babe." Researchers believe it is more than 55,000 years old. Unfortunately, radiocarbon dating tools can't measure any further back that.

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  • Strange News

An ice-age bison was discovered! Then soon eaten — once the foul taste was smothered

Shortly after researchers unearthed the mummified body of a 55,000-year-old Steppe bison in the Alaskan tundra, they sliced off a piece of its neck. To eat!

August 26, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo

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  • Food

Share the story behind your favorite family recipe

We're looking for your favorite family recipe's and the stories behind them.

August 26, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
A pedestrian wears a mask while walking past a sign for a Whole Foods Market in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

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  • Law

Lawsuit alleges Whole Foods has antibiotics in its beef labeled antibiotic-free

The lawsuit also claims Whole Foods financially exploited its customers by charging significantly more for its meat products compared to competitors, under the guise that their products are healthier.

August 26, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
The Girl Scouts website calls Raspberry Rally a "thin, crispy cookie infused with raspberry flavor and dipped in chocolaty coating."

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  • Food

An inside look at how the Girl Scouts chose their next cookie flavor, Raspberry Rally

The new Girl Scouts Cookie is a kind of sister to the iconic Thin Mint, and the second fruit flavor to hit the lineup of cookies.

August 24, 2022
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  • Halisia Hubbard
Madelynn Murphy, fourth grade 4-H’er from Appling County, poses with her first-place winning 109-pound watermelon.

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  • Food

Georgia fourth grader grows prize-winning 109-pound watermelon

An elementary school student from Appling County won the 2022 Georgia 4-H Watermelon Growing Contest. Her hefty entry weighed in at 109.5 pounds. 

August 23, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
Bagged lunches await stapling before being distributed to students at Jefferson county's Tri-Plex Campus involving the students from the Jefferson County Elementary School, the Jefferson County Upper Elementary School and the Jefferson County Junior High School, March 3, 2021 in Fayette, Miss. 

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'Lunch debt' in Georgia returns after the end of free lunch for all

Federal funding helped schools provide free lunch to all students regardless of income for most of the pandemic, but now that Congress has let that funding expire, students once again have to apply for free or reduced price lunch. That change has some worried about whether kids in Georgia schools are getting enough to eat, or whether schools will once again start putting families in debt over their daily school meals. GPB's Peter Biello spoke about this with Alessandra Ferrara-Miller, founder of All For Lunch, a nonprofit dedicated to wiping out lunch debt.

August 23, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
Brad and Susan Wall have been together for 35 years.

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  • Family

For 35 years, this couple has been celebrating their anniversary with a banana split

Despite long distance, work trips and the pandemic, one couple found a way to keep their tradition of sharing a banana split at Dairy Queen for over 30 years.

August 23, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Japan's alcohol industry hard, sharpening a long-running trend away from drinking. A new campaign sponsored by the National Tax Agency hopes to change that — but it's running into sharp criticism.

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  • Asia

Japan launches a contest to urge young people to drink more alcohol

Governments are watching lucrative alcohol tax revenues dry up, as people drink less. In Japan, a plan to counter that trend is running into controversy.

August 18, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
This computer illustration shows the E. coli bacteria in blood. An outbreak in Michigan and Ohio is under investigation as health officials try to determine the source.

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  • National

A rapidly spreading E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio is raising health alarms

At least 29 people have fallen ill from the E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio, and that number is likely an undercount, the CDC says. The source of the outbreak has not been found yet.

August 18, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
This Wednesday, March 25, 2015, file photo shows the Kraft logo outside of the company's headquarters in Northfield, Ill.

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  • National

Kraft Heinz recalls contaminated Wild Cherry flavored Capri Sun pouches

The company says diluted cleaning solution used to clean food processing equipment in its factories got into the Capri Sun pouches.

August 15, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Emily Meggett, the author of <em>Gullah Geechee Home Cooking</em>. Meggett published her cookbook at age 89.

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  • Arts & Life

For this 89-year-old Gullah Geechee chef, cooking is about heart

Emily Meggett has spent decades caring for her community and family with her delicious, traditional Gullah Geechee food from South Carolina. Now, she's sharing that cuisine with the world.

August 15, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
New York pop artist KAWS has designed boxes for the General Mills Monster Cereals Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Boo Berry and Frute Brute.

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  • Pop Culture

General Mills' classic Monster Cereals are back with a reimagined look

Artist KAWS has designed boxes — and collectible prizes — for Franken Berry, Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Frute Brute, which are back for General Mills' seasonal release of Monster Cereals.

August 11, 2022
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  • Halisia Hubbard
Multiple varieties of the Premier Protein shakes are among the products included in the Lyons Magnus voluntary recall.

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  • National

Lyons Magnus recalls 53 products including alternative milks and protein shakes

The products being recalled range from pre-made coffees to protein shakes and other nutritional beverages. Though no illnesses have been reported, the recalled products should be thrown out.

August 02, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
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  • Business

Canadian company is looking for the world's first Chief Candy Officer

Candy Funhouse in Ontario says the CCO will taste test thousands of sweet products each month. The company told CNBC that the job pays $100,000 a year and applicants can be as young as five.

August 01, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
A Canadian company is hiring a chief candy officer to to taste test products.

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  • Strange News

You could get paid to eat candy as a Canadian company's chief candy officer

Candy Funhouse's chief candy officer will taste test over 3,500 products a month. Applicants can be as young as 5 years old.

July 31, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
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