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Ross Island, an abandoned British settlement in the remote Andaman archipelago, is being taken over by its rightful owner: nature.

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Whose Land Is It Anyway?

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Making the world's most okay-est coffee is fine, why working out needs to hurt so much and why print should make a comeback.

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