On June 30, 1908, just after seven in the morning, an explosion took place near the Stony Tunguska River in Central Russia that became the largest impact with Earth in ...

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Rama/Wikimedia It was a story similar to the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 out of Kuala Lampur on March 8, 2014, in that a huge piece of modern ...

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The Jeep is the rugged, four-wheel drive vehicle known to be able to go just about anywhere. It had its origins in 1940, but it wasn’t initially known as a ...

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In case you didn’t know it, falconry is hunting using a bird of prey such as a hawk or a falcon, for example. Many of the sayings we commonly use ...

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The Hass Avocado, the one we enjoy in guacamole, sliced, or put on just about anything, is the avocado we most commonly see in the grocery store. But this best-selling ...

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We’ve all seen these images plastered everywhere on the web, on t-shirts, and posters with the words “Keep Calm” emblazoned on them. What is the history behind this iconic statement, ...

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It’s a question we often don’t think about, but we pass these things every day. It’s the eight-sided stop sign, the red sign with the white lettering that indicates that ...

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A house on Baldwin Street in New Zealandwin Road Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, is officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s steepest residential ...

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We have all heard the comment before that Al Gore said he invented the internet, but no, he did not, and no, he really never said he had. The statement ...

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OK, how did two little letters end up becoming one of the most common words used in the English language? It’s OK if you don’t have any idea because the ...

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Most everyone knows someone who has done it or done it themselves. They’ve “spilled the beans” or divulged a secret by accident that wasn’t supposed to be revealed. How did ...

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