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A Man Tossed a Cigarette Into a Ship’s Cargo Hold—and Accidentally Set a Whole City on Fire
Surplus military explosives were once sold as fertilizer, with no thought spared for their flammability.
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Scientists Found 476 Dead Whales in One Ocean Trench
Beaked whales are famously private—even their mass grave was hiding.
A Doctor Put Dying Babies on Display in a Sideshow—and Saved Thousands of Lives
Martin Couney, an American obstetrician, saved more than 6,000 babies.
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A Brutal 1939 Train Wreck Killed 24 People. It May Have Been Sabotage.
America's most futuristic luxury train hurtled into a Nevada canyon after someone pried the spikes out of a rail and shifted it four inches inward.
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This Crumbling Monument Bears an Inscription That Changes What We Know About the Maya Calendar
The stela where the date was carved depicts a ruler and a Jaguar god deity, showing how Maya kings used the Long Count calendar for power.
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