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This is Dang Interesting

Science tells us that the laws of physics are not subject to change, and that these laws determine the interaction of...
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Sep 2005 • Read →
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Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom

Early in the morning on November 20, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig on the suspicion that...
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Sep 2005 • Read →
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The Legend of D.B. Cooper

At 4:35 PM on Thanksgiving Eve, November 24, 1971 in the United States, a man traveling under the name Dan Cooper hij...
Written by Shad Larsen • 06 Sep 2005 • Read →
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Japan’s Balloon Bombs

One of World War 2's best-kept secrets was that of the Japanese balloon bombs, the first weapon ever deployed with in...
Written by Alan Bellows • 07 Sep 2005 • Read/Listen →
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Mind-Controlling Wasps and Zombie Spiders

In the forests of Costa Rica, there lurks a sinister variety of wasp, bent on hijacking the minds of hapless spiders...
Written by Alan Bellows • 07 Sep 2005 • Read →
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Vesna’s Fall

On January 26, 1972, a 22-year-old flight attendant named Vesna Vulovic was not where she was supposed to be. She was...
Written by Alan Bellows • 08 Sep 2005 • Read →
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Starfish Prime

On the night of 9 July 1962 a number of beach front hotels in Honolulu, Hawaii were throwing “rainbow bomb” parties;...
Written by Jason Bellows • 08 Sep 2005 • Read/Listen →
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The Inexplicable Voynich Manuscript

Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book Library is in possession of many fascinating historic texts, but perhaps its mos...
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Sep 2005 • Read/Listen →
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The Truth About Tourette’s

Tourette Syndrome is a highly misunderstood neurological disorder. It is depicted throughout popular media as an unco...
Written by Alan Bellows • 20 Sep 2005 • Read/Listen →
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The Fax Machines of the 1800s

Although the fax machine did not begin to see wide acceptance until the late 1970s, the device's invention predated i...
Written by Alan Bellows • 20 Sep 2005 • Read/Listen →
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