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The Power of Positive Lightning

When a glider abruptly explodes under clear blue sky, investigators suspect an unusual and powerful meteorological phenomenon.
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Aches on a Plane

The story of a troubled FedEx flight engineer who boarded a flight unannounced and attempted to carry out a terrifying plan.
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Bound By Tradition

The ancient and strange Chinese practice of foot binding.
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Rider on the Storm

The story of an unplanned and prolonged skydive through a thunderstorm.
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Who Wants To Be a Thousandaire?

Michael Larson had a lot of time and TVs on his hands, and he used them to hack one of his favorite game shows.
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The Unfortunate Sex Life of the Banana

How the banana's sweet taste and cheerful appearance obscure a potentially calamitous sexual inadequacy.
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The Wrath of the Killdozer

Marvin Heemeyer of Granby, Colorado was a profoundly frustrated muffler repair man. In 2004 he took drastic measures.
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Steely-Eyed Hydronauts of the Mariana

The story of humanity's first visit the ocean's deepest point.
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In Soviet Russia, Lake Contaminates You

The story of one of the most radioactive places in the world.
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Mediterranean be Dammed

A plan to build a dam near the narrowest point of the Straight of Gibraltar, resulting in an eighteen-mile-long structure from Morocco to Spain.
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