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I took my surfboard under my arm and began the walk to the waves. After exiting the grounds of the Gilded Iguana Surf Hotel, ...

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If you dissolve sugar in hot water and then cool it down, you'll see pure sugar crystals form while impurities stay in the liquid. You can even watch the beautiful sugar crystals slowly grow in the ...

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Why did Mashpee just deposit 300,000 pounds of clam shells into Hamblin Pond? Wild oysters, eel grass and cleaner water ...

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