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Struck by Space: The Only Woman Ever Hit by a Meteorite
On an ordinary afternoon in Alabama in 1954, a housewife lounging on her couch ...
How A Solar Blanket Made Rebecca Young Famous
A schoolgirl’s simple drawing, created when she was just eleven or twelve years old, ...
Swift Quakes: The Night Taylor Swift Fans Shook the Earth
Imagine tens of thousands of people singing, screaming and bouncing in unison until the ...
He Lit a 1,650-Foot Fire Ladder For His 100-Year-Old Grandma
Imagine setting off a fuse that ignites a blazing staircase into the stars, not ...
The Frozen Goldmine That Kept America Cool
The winter wind screamed across the Great Lakes, but for the men who marched ...
Sydney Patient Lived 100 Days Without His Own Heartbeat
Imagine walking out of a hospital alive, but without a human heart beating in ...
The Fosse Dionne Spring: Bottomless and Endless Since the Middle Ages
In the quiet town of Tonnerre, France, lies a spring so strange it borders ...
Raptors, Rodents and a 5mm Snail: The Wonders of Masungi
High above jagged limestone cliffs, the shadow of a rare Philippine hawk-eagle slices the ...
Australia’s Miracle Lake: Salt Desert Becomes Ocean Overnight
Most people imagine deserts as endless red dust and cracking salt, but picture this: ...
Bouncing on Bamboo: Hong Kong’s Seesaw Noodles
If you walked past a tiny noodle shop in Hong Kong and heard rhythmic ...
Scientists Crack the Strange Secret of Belgian Beer Heads
Foam that refuses to die. That is the extraordinary secret hidden in the golden ...
Bread-Chai: The Bizarre Food Trend the World Can’t Unsee
There’s something unsettling and yet impossible to ignore about the sight of creamy bread ...
Is Your Cat Claiming You? The Strange World of Feline Grooming
Imagine sinking into your favourite couch after a long day, a moment of pure ...
The Arctic Fox That Leaps Into Snow Like a Living Missile
Imagine standing in a frozen wilderness where the world is silent and white, and ...
Climate Heroes or Villains? The Penguin Poop Puzzle
In a remarkable display of nature's hidden connections, scientists have discovered that the waste ...
Jèrriais: The Secret Island Tongue That Fooled the Nazis
Imagine whispering secrets in plain sight while enemy soldiers stand close enough to hear ...
The University Where You Major in the Apocalypse
While the world hurtles toward an uncertain future, a secret university thrives on the ...
Sean’s Bar: How This Irish Pub Survived More Than a Millennium
Step inside a pub where time itself seems to linger. The floorboards creak with ...
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