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Wojtek the Bear: Carried 100-Pound Shell Crates
Wojtek the bear carried 100-pound shell crates at Monte Cassino after enlisting in the Polish army with his…
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Balto Halts Serum Team on Thin Ice
Balto halted his serum team on thin ice over the Topkok River in 1925, saving them before leading…
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Hubble Gets Glasses Instead of a New Mirror
Hubble’s main mirror was 2.2 micrometers too flat yet stayed in orbit as astronauts installed corrective optics in…
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9,000 Magnets at CERN: Colder Than Space
CERN uses 9,000 superconducting magnets cooled to 1.9 kelvin, colder than outer space, in the Large Hadron Collider.
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Pando: One Root System Sends Up 47,000 Stems
Pando sends up 47,000 stems from one root system in Utah, forming the largest organism on Earth by…
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BelAZ 75710: One Bed Holds Three Hundred Cars
The BelAZ 75710 mining dump truck holds 500 US tons, the weight of about 300 cars, in one…
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Roy Cleveland Sullivan: Survived Seven Lightning Strikes
Roy Cleveland Sullivan survived seven lightning strikes between 1942 and 1977, a record recognized by Guinness World Records.
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi: Survived Both Atomic Bombs
Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived both atomic bombs less than 2 miles from each ground zero and became the first…
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: Rolled 2,900 Feet Inland
Engineers moved the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse whole, rolling the brick tower 2,900 feet inland in 1999 in 23…
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Eiffel Tower: Heat Makes It Grow 6 Inches
Eiffel Tower grows 6 inches taller in summer heat as its puddled iron expands, while the sun causes…
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1915 Çanakkale Bridge: 2,023-Meter Main Span
The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge holds the world record with a 2,023-meter main span between its towers, the longest…
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Sweden Switches Sides: Dagen H in Ten Minutes
On September 3, 1967, Sweden stopped all traffic at 4:50 a.m. and switched from left to right in…