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Why we give flowers to those in grief—or buy them for ourselves when we're sad

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During his renowned excavations at the Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, American archaeologist Ralph Solecki located burial sites containing pollen and flower fragments from various species of wildflowers. He interpreted this as evidence that Neanderthals may have placed flowers around their dead at their burial sites around 60,000 years ago.

Disney Targets 20% Cost Savings in Thousands of Layoffs

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Disney is planning thousands of job cuts and asking some managers to target 20% in annual cost savings that could come from job eliminations as well as from expense reductions, according to people familiar with the matter. Geetha Ranganathan of Bloomberg Intelligence has more. (Source: Bloomberg)