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When Major League Baseball integrated Negro League statistics in its official records, Josh Gibson became MLB’s all-time batting average champion with a .372 career mark. The slugger starred for the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords in the 1930s and ‘40s, and is buried in Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Cemetery.
Charles “Teenie” Harris, Portrait of Josh Gibson, Homestead Grays baseball player, standing on Forbes Field, 1942, Gift of the Estate of Charles “Teenie” Harris, © Carnegie Museum of Art
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Yawning can be contagious, but it may not just spread from person to person. Research suggests domesticated dogs can “catch a yawn” from their human companions, too!
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Photo: Heinz-Josef LückingThe average Stonehenge sarsen—or large boulder—weighs 25 tons, and the largest of them weighs 30 tons.
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The original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science on Pittsburgh’s North Side was home to the first rooftop siderostat telescope designed for public use rather than astronomical research.
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Teaching is hard work, but K-12 educators spend even more time on duties outside of class. According to U.S. Department of Education statistics, teachers spend an average of 25.1 hours per week delivering instruction and an additional 27 hours on other school-related tasks and activities.
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