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Today in history. 1-25

A team of scientists studying ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica have identified some types of nanoplastic particles, including particles from tires, in decades-old polar ice. As per the international team, sea ice cores in these polar regions are contaminated with more nanoparticle pollution than thought.

Jan. 25 1894 — Jim Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in the third round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1924 — The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France.

There are a whole bunch of fun facts about the Olympics you might not know.

There is no winter sport resort quite like Chamonix. Nestled in the shadow of Mont Blanc, it has a glittering history and a reputation for challenging even the best skiers.

For the servicemen who recently visited Whitefish, the opportunity to process their recent combat experience with other veterans in a setting far removed from the base in Fort Bragg, and even further removed from the recent conflict in Afghanistan, was both healing and surreal.

Novak Djokovic is not the first superstar to be expelled from a major sporting event. While the circumstances were very different, Djokovic's ill-fated trip to the Australian Open and hero's welcome bore resemblance to Karl Schranz's experience of the Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics.

WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — Carlin Houston, a 23-year-old paratrooper with the U.S....

After six days and five nights fighting against the freezing wind, being "glued to the ice", barely sleeping, hardly eating, Charles Dubouloz is still on a high.

After six days and five nights fighting against the freezing wind, being "glued to the ice", barely sleeping, hardly eating, Charles Dubouloz is still on a high.