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  "id": 12395763,
  "title": "A Diver Volunteered to Clean Up Trash From a Wisconsin Lake. He Discovered a 1,000-Year-Old Dugout Canoe at the Bottom Instead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/a-diver-volunteered-to-clean-up-trash-from-a-wisconsin-lake-he",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T14:10:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-diver-volunteered-to-clean-up-trash-from-a-wisconsin-lake-he-discovered-a-1000-year-old-dugout-canoe-at-the-bottom-instead-180989622/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Indigenous communities near present-day Milwaukee hand-carved the white-oak vessel before shaping it with fire between roughly 992 and 1049 C.E.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Wisconsin diver finds 17-foot canoe in lake; tests show it is 1,000 years old",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/wisconsin-diver-finds-17-foot-canoe-in-lake-tests-show-it-is-1-000",
        "published": "2026-10-03T14:17:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}