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1,342 Cubic Feet of Soil Save Pisa’s Tower
Engineers removed 1,342 cubic feet of soil from beneath Pisa’s Tower, reducing its lean by 17 inches and…
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One Night Erases Ten October Dates
In 1582 people in Rome and Madrid went to bed on October 4 and woke on October 15…
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Water Bears Survive 10 Days in Space
Water bears survived 10 days in open space vacuum and radiation on ESA’s 2007 TARDIS experiment, with some…
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NASA Crawler-Transporter: 6.65 Million Pounds
NASA’s Crawler-Transporter weighs 6.65 million pounds and was named the heaviest self-powered vehicle by Guinness World Records in…
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge: 42 mph Wind Tears It Apart
42 mph wind tore the 2,800-foot Tacoma Narrows Bridge apart in aeroelastic flutter, causing it to twist and…
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33 Miners Survive 69 Days Underground
33 miners survived 69 days trapped 2,300 feet underground in Chile’s San José mine before being rescued one…
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Singapore Chewing Gum Ban: Four Days After Announcement
Singapore’s chewing gum ban started just four days after its announcement in 1992 after gum jammed metro train…
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Shell’s Prelude: World’s Largest Floating LNG Plant
Shell’s Prelude, the world’s largest floating LNG plant, measures 1,601 feet long and displaces 661,000 US tons of…
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Harrison Okene Survives 60 Hours on the Seabed
Harrison Okene survived 60 hours on the seabed in an air pocket after the tugboat Jascon-4 capsized off…
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Sealand: One Resident Holds a Nation at Sea
In 1967 Paddy Roy Bates declared a WWII sea fort off Suffolk the Principality of Sealand. As of…
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Hoover Dam: Over 6.6 Million Tons of Concrete
Hoover Dam weighs more than 6,600,000 tons of concrete and stands 726 feet high, with 650 miles of…
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Troll A: The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by People
Troll A, the tallest structure ever moved by people, rises 1,549 feet and was towed 124 miles in…