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In today’s newsletter, w= e examine an extraor= dinary face transplant, learn th= e history behind the Pledge of Allegiance, uncover = a clue that may help us find the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, ge= t heartbreaking news abo= ut penguins =2E=2E=2E and spot a rare giraffe = without spots=2E Plus, another Nat Geo quiz!
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PHOTOGRAPH BY MAGGIE = STEBER
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face=2E At = 21, she became the youngest person in the U=2ES=2E to undergo the still exp= erimental face transplant surgery=2E

Our face conveys who we are, te= legraphing a kaleidoscope of emotions=2E It’s our doorway to the sen= sory world, allowing us to see, smell, taste, hear, and feel the breeze=2E<= br>
Just before the surgery, the surgeon said a silent prayer and looked= at the face, a donation from a woman who died=2E It’s an amazing th= ing, he thought, what some people will do for others—to give them a = heart or a liver, even a face=2E
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The face: Sixteen hours into the transplant op= eration, surgeons finished the intricate task of removing the face from an = organ donor=2E Awed by the sight and by the gravity of their work, the team= fell suddenly silent as staff members documented the face in between its t= wo lives=2E At top, Katie with her parents a ye= ar before the transplant=2E Read more=2E
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This spotless = giraffe (above), born at a Tennessee zoo, is =E2=80=8Bthe first one seen in= more than 50 years=2E
= Why do Americans say the Pledge of Allegiance? We explain=2E
= One way to heal a brain injury? Let LSD open your mind—literally=2E<= /a>
Japan is releasing nuclear wastewater into the Pacific=2E How worried s= hould we be?
= We asked readers which species they’d save—here are the top r= esponses
Emperor penguins experience total breeding = failure in Antarctic region
Hair care isn't one-size-fits-all=2E Here’s what y= our hair actually needs, according to science=2E
Mugshots? Even mummies had t= hem=2E
Alcohol is kil= ling more women than ever before=2E Here’s why=2E
Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?
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A new ocean clue: A barnacle-encrusted flapero= n (above) was the first piece of debris found from the = missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370=2E That could lead scientists and res= earchers to discover the wreckage from the 2014 crash somewhere in the Indi= an Ocean=2E Here’s what we know= =2E
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Oh, hello there: Photographer Remus Tiplea spent a summer mesmerized by the big-eyed, intrica= te, and colorful damselflies (three above) in his backy= ard in Romania=2E What he captured transports you into an almost Alice In Wonderland realm of wonder=2E
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Twinkle, twinkle: Gazing at a starry night sky= invokes a sense of awe, a feeling of how small we really are=2E And knowin= g what you’re looking at adds yet another layer of appreciation for = the vast world around us=2E With that in mind, we narrowed down the top fiv= e constellations you can spot with the naked eye=2E Which = constellation is shown above, over Yosemite’s El Capitan?
A=2E Ursa Major
B=2E Orion
C=2E Andromeda
D=2E Elon Musk’s Starlink
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