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The bizarre explosion of Lake Nyos

End of Neanderthals caused by flip of Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago, study reveals
A recent study has found that planet Earth’s magnetic poles underwent a flip some 40,000 years ago, in an event that was followed by global environmental change and mass extinctions…

Tunguska Event: What hit Siberia with the force of 300 atomic bombs in 1908?

Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The man who survived two atomic bombs
On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on the city…

The incredible story of Timothy Lancaster: The British Airways pilot who was sucked out of plane at 23,000ft yet lived to tell the tale!

The paranormal hauntings of Chernobyl
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located outside the town of Pripyat, Ukraine ― 11 miles from the city of Chernobyl ― began construction in the 1970s with the first reactor.…

Angel’s Glow: What happened in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862?
Between 1861 and 1865, the United States was involved in a bloody conflict that cost the lives of more than 600,000 people. The Civil War, as it is often called,…

Spontaneous human combustion: Can humans be consumed by fire spontaneously?
In December 1966, the body of Dr. John Irving Bentley, 92, was discovered in Pennsylvania, next to the consumption electricity meter of his home. In fact, only part of his…

The Joelma Building – A haunting tragedy
Edifício Praça da Bandeira, better known by its former name, Joelma Building, is one of the most imposing buildings in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which burned down by more than four…