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Express Elevator to Space, Going Up
Only a handful of decades ago, a group of very smart scientists figured that if they crammed a giant metal barrel ful...
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Alan Bellows
• 30 Oct 2005 •
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The Consequences of Excessive Wakefulness
Every day, humans experience the irresistible compulsion to pass out, and then remain unconscious for hours upon hour...
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Alan Bellows
• 28 Oct 2005 •
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The Great Rose Bowl Prank of 1961
The Rose Bowl is arguably the most famous annual college football game there is, often referred to as "The Granddaddy...
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Alan Bellows
• 26 Oct 2005 •
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Rainmakers and Cloudbusters
In the first few days of 1916, Charles Hatfield and his brother Joel finished construction of a twenty-eight foot tow...
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Alan Bellows
• 25 Oct 2005 •
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Bitten by the Nuclear Dragon
After World War 2, a few of the Manhattan Project scientists remained on duty at Los Alamos to further explore the be...
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Alan Bellows
• 13 Oct 2005 •
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Alicia Jurman
There are many, many stories the world over detailing parts and pieces of WWII. The world ‘round, the name Anne Fran...
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Josh Harding
• 11 Oct 2005 •
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We here at DamnInteresting.com are collectively vibrating with titillation at winning the Dreamhost Site of the Month...
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Alan Bellows
• 03 Oct 2005 •
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