Able and Baker: Two Tiny Astronauts Survive Space
On May 28, 1959, two monkeys — Able and Baker — rode a Jupiter missile 360 miles up and came home alive, the first primates to survive spaceflight.
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The Day a Groundhog Became a Weatherman
On February 2, 1887, a group of Pennsylvanians climbed Gobbler's Knob to ask a groundhog about spring — and Groundhog Day was born.