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Extreme Weather

Lake Nyos suffocated 1,700 people overnight with a hidden cloud of gas

August 31, 2026

Consumer Tech

The Bagger 288 is a digging machine taller than the Statue of Liberty

August 31, 2026

Aircraft

The Spruce Goose flew once and is still the largest wooden plane ever

August 31, 2026

Cars

The Ford Model T once made up half the cars on the planet

August 31, 2026

Cars

The Bugatti Veyron’s tires cost more than most brand-new cars

August 31, 2026

Astronomy

The Tunguska blast flattened 800 square miles of Siberian forest in 1908

August 31, 2026

Astronomy

The Tunguska blast flattened 800 square miles of Siberian forest in 1908

August 31, 2026

Astronomy

The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with the force of many atomic bombs

August 31, 2026

Consumer Tech

GPS satellites tick faster than clocks on Earth, and engineers correct for it

August 31, 2026

Archeology

The Tarim mummies turned up with European features deep in a Chinese desert

August 31, 2026

Archeology

The Sutton Hoo mound hid a whole ship and a king’s treasure

August 31, 2026

Archeology

Catalhoyuk had no streets, so its people walked across the town’s rooftops

August 31, 2026

Archeology

Skara Brae is a Stone Age village older than the pyramids and Stonehenge

August 31, 2026

Animals

The honey badger shrugs off cobra venom and raids beehives without fear

August 31, 2026

Animals

The coconut crab is strong enough to crack a coconut with its claws

August 31, 2026

Animals

The platypus is a venomous, egg-laying mammal that hunts using electricity

August 31, 2026

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