Friday, December 6, 2024

This week’s Top Ten investigates a mystery giant’s disappearance; examines the family that controlled the Vatican; rediscovers Notre Dame treasure, checks out a possible anti-aging drug ... and plumbs the beginning of Jesus. Plus, the day that will live in infamy.

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY DENIS GILKSMAN, INRAP 

PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID DOUBILET, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 

Day of Infamy: Saturday marks 83 years since the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which pushed America into World War II. The dwindling group of survivors can forgive, but not forget, that terror.

Related: Attack prompted ‘shameful’ U.S. imprisonment of Japanese Americans

PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS PESCHAK

This week, a scientist using Nat Geo’s Crittercam technology announced that two bears were recorded mating in a tree. It was a scientific first. Where was that tree (and those bears)? 

A. The Alaskan coast 
B. The Colorado Rockies 
C. Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental 
D. The Peruvian Andes 

Did you know? Reindeer eyes change color, depending on the season. Why? 

Today’s Soundtrack: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher, Jackie Wilson

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