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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...

Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Oct 2005 • Read →

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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...

Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Oct 2005 • Read →

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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...

Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Oct 2005 • Read →

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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...

Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Oct 2005 • Read →

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Bitten by the Nuclear Dragon

After the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the US Army Air Force was prep...

Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Oct 2005 • Read →

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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...

Written by Josh Harding • 11 Oct 2005 • Read →

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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 • Read →

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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...

Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Sep 2005 • Read →

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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...

Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Sep 2005 • Read →

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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 • Read →

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