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First there were two, then two become one. The Grace Memorial bridge, opened in 1929, cost $6 million; the Silas N. Pearman Bridge, opened in 1966, cost $15 million, and the Arthur Ravenel Jr Bridge, opened in 2005, cost $700 million.

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The Cypress Knee is part of the root system of the Bald Cypress Tree. They have been studied for years, but their exact function is still unknown.
They seem to grown in the presence of water. The deeper the water the bigger the knee. Trees that are growing on dry ground seldom have [...]

No, NOT her.
The more famous one. Sir Edmund Hilary,  born in 1919, who started out as a beekeeper, and who, on this day in 1953, was the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayas.
He had already climbed 20 of the highest peaks in the region before tackling Mount Everest, along [...]

Now, if you’re a regular reader here at The Eye, you’ll know I love my morning coffee. However, I almost always make that coffee in my own kitchen, even on the days when I’m working away from home.
Unlike me, many people get their daily fix from the local coffee shop, and it’s costing them [...]

A 17-year-old boy has been shot and killed in north London.
Sharmaake Hassan was found in Gilbeys Yard, Camden, at about 2300 BST on Saturday with a gunshot wound to the head, said the Metropolitan Police. He was taken to hospital with severe injuries and died on Wednesday night.
No-one has yet been arrested for the murder. [...]