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A Hairsbreadth From Utter Destruction
September 26th, 1983 doesn't stick out in the annals of history as a day to remember. It wasn't the day of a great di...
Written by
Josh Harding
• 28 Sep 2005 •
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Beer Flood Claims Eight Souls
In the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution brought about considerable advances in agriculture, manufacturing, and t...
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Alan Bellows
• 28 Sep 2005 •
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The Mysterious Toynbee Tiles
In 1992, a chap in Philadelphia by the name of Bill O'Neill starting noticing strange tiles randomly embedded in loca...
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Alan Bellows
• 25 Sep 2005 •
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The Monumental Molasses Morass of 1919
How a massive, poorly built molasses storage tank in Boston caused damage and death.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 23 Sep 2005 •
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Vesna’s Fall
On January 26, 1972, a 22-year-old flight attendant named Vesna Vulovic was not where she was supposed to be. She was...
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 08 Sep 2005 •
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The Legend of D.B. Cooper
At 4:35 PM on Thanksgiving Eve, November 24, 1971 in the United States, a man traveling under the name Dan Cooper hij...
Written by
Shad Larsen
• 06 Sep 2005 •
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Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom
Early in the morning on November 20, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig on the suspicion that...
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 06 Sep 2005 •
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This is Damn Interesting
Science tells us that the laws of physics are not subject to change, and that these laws determine the interaction of...
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Alan Bellows
• 06 Sep 2005 •
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