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Incident on Niihau Island

When the Empire of Nippon launched its massive attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941, Airman 1st C...
Written by Jason Bellows • 01 Dec 2006 • Read →
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Outer Space Exposure

In scores of science fiction stories, hapless adventurers find themselves unwittingly introduced to the vacuum of spa...
Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Nov 2006 • Read →
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Damn Interesting: Back From Holiday

We took a few days off for the US Thanksgiving holiday, but now we're back. We'll be splitting the lickety to get a...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Nov 2006 • Read →
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Giant Carnivorous Centipedes

The world has many moist, warm, and dark cavities where phobia-inspiring organisms quietly lurk. The tropical climat...
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Nov 2006 • Read →
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Damn Interesting Additions

I just wanted to pop in and mention that we've made a few subtle additions to the site over the past few days. We cr...
Written by Alan Bellows • 18 Nov 2006 • Read →
Curio:

The Relics of Mu

It seems that most every culture has a legend of a great society, ripe with wealth and wisdom, which is lost to the s...
Written by Jason Bellows • 17 Nov 2006 • Read →
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Hovering in History

During the 1950s and 1960s the United States Army spent considerable energy developing one- and two-man flying machin...
Written by Greg Bjerg • 15 Nov 2006 • Read →
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Half-Brothers in the Womb

In 1993, Wilma Stuart gave birth to two baby boys. They were fraternal twins, so some dissimilarity was to be expecte...
Written by Anthony Kendall • 13 Nov 2006 • Read →
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The Timber Terror

In the late 1930s, the dark cloud of war was lurking on the horizon in Europe. Even as the United Kingdom and France...
Written by Alan Bellows • 11 Nov 2006 • Read →
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High-Rise Syndrome

As most people know, when a cat is able to see, it will usually land on its feet. It's a neat knack they've had to ev...
Written by Jason Bellows • 08 Nov 2006 • Read →
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