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A Ocean Storm Put over 500 Lives in Grave Peril. Then, Local Villagers Took to the Seas.
In 1884, the Syria sank after hitting a reef in Fiji—and today its legacy lives on through lighthouses and reconciliation.
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The Day the Mississippi River Changed Direction
From 1811 to 1812, quakes in the central U.S. rang church bells in Boston and caused the Mississippi to flow backward.
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An Infamous Pirate Ship Sank in 1717. One Man Made It His Life’s Mission to Find Its Lost Treasure.
- The Whydah Galley sailed into a storm off the coast of Cape Cod and was lost for over 250 years. Until Barry Clifford dove beneath the surface.
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Three Men Died in America’s Only Fatal Nuclear Blast. The Cause Is Still a Mystery.
On January 3, 1961, the small Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One (SL-1) exploded at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory—possibly because of a prank gone wrong.
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Scientists Found ‘Messages from the Dead’ on the Walls of an Ancient Tomb
4,000-year-old megalithic art in the South Caucasus holds the mysteries of an ancient culture.
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