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Lou Nasti runs a factory in Brooklyn that makes animatronic Christmas displays. He's been at it for almost 44 years. Neda Ulaby/NPR hide caption
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"When I was young the cones were so big you could drive a car through them." Christopher Boffoli hide caption
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The giant sequoia is a snow tree, says scientist Steve Sillett, adapted for long winters in the Sierra Nevada. But it's a fire tree, too. Thick bark protects it from burning in lightning-caused fires, which open cones and clear the understory, allowing saplings to find light and prosper. Michael Nichols/National Geographic hide caption
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Giorgio Pasticcerie Italian bakery is owned by a father-and-daughter pair: Giorgio, who moved to Hoboken from Italy, and his daughter, Mary Grace, a first-generation American. John Delaney hide caption
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Edward Hopper is well-known in the U.S. for paintings such as Nighthawks (1942) — pensive, lonely portraits of people sitting together yet alone. He was less well-known in France, but an exhibit of his work at the Grand Palais has drawn impressive crowds. The Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection/Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago hide caption
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A composite image shows architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1992 (left), and one of his buildings photographed circa 1955. Getty Images hide caption
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Architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1960 Frank Scherschel/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images hide caption
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Photographer Ken Regan with the Rolling Stones, 1977 Courtesy of Ken Regan/Camera 5 hide caption
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After coloring, styling and photographing the rice, chef and food stylist Caitlin Levin made coconut rice. "It taste the same," she says. Henry Hargreaves hide caption
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Greek artist B. calls his mural "a sea of objects." It was added to Wynwood Walls in 2011. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
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The audience at Pamir Cinema in Kabul watches a Pakistani film Jonathan Saruk/Getty Images hide caption