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FEE a mattress comparison website recently offered to pay nap reviewers. The snoozers will document their daily naps for 30 days.
Source: UPI
YEARS since NASA last sent a probe to Venus. The agency has focused more on Mars in recent decades, but this summer, officials announced two new missions that will study Venus.
Source: NASA
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TONS of sand used to break the record for the world’s tallest sandcastle, in Denmark in July. The 69.5-foot tall structure is expected to stand for six months.
Source: Guinness World Records