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A shoe-print fossil discovered in a seam of coal in Fisher Canyon, Nevada is believed to be about 15 million years old.

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In 1988, during excavations of a sewer beneath a bathhouse in Ashkelon, Israel, archaeologists discovered the remains of nearly 100 infants.

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When Myrtle Corbin died, her family had her coffin covered in concrete so grave robbers wouldn’t steal her unique remains.

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No other horse has caused astonishment quite like Mammoth, the biggest horse ever officially recorded. His incredible size set records that still stand nearly two centuries later.

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Once the world’s largest radio telescope, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico unlocked the mysteries of the cosmos. But by 2020, what once symbolized mankind’s scientific ambition now lay in ruins.

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The Great Alaska Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the United States. Its violent tremors reshaped Alaska’s landscape and American earthquake preparedness forever.

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Cane toads were introduced into Australia in 1935 to control the pest problem's in the sugar cane crop. But what seemed like a smart solution at the time quickly spiraled into disaster.

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The idea that one percent of the human population are psychopaths is both intriguing and unsettling. Should we be worried, or is there more to the story?

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Studies have shown there is an actual limit to the number of people someone can interact with socially.

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The first airplane equipped with autopilot was as rickety as they come, but it laid the foundation for today’s highly automated systems.

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300 million years ago, the conditions on Earth allowed insects and other arthropods to get bigger than they’ve ever been, before or since.

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Successfully separating conjoined twins was once considered impossible, but technological breakthroughs are making the procedure more and more



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