Smithsonian.com Daily Newsletter, 07-08 Feb 2019

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02.07.19

Honey Bees Can Do Simple Math, After a Little Schooling

Human Hunting Is Driving the World’s Biggest Animals Toward Extinction

The British Library’s Dirtiest Books Have Been Digitized

Milwaukee Museum Features More Than 6,500 Collectible Bobbleheads (and Counting)

How Lego Patents Helped Build a Toy Empire, Brick by Brick

National Air and Space Museum Says Pardon Our Renovation, but Come Anyway

Expect Stiff Competition at This Year’s International Hair Freezing Contest

Europe’s 2020 Mars Rover Named for DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin

The Staggering Price Tag of NYC’s Rockefeller Center

On this day in 1964, the Beatles arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to begin the band’s first American tour. Read about how after they arrived, the press ignored their music to focus on their moptops.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

“Proven” Photo by Danny Sepkowski

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