44 secrets you never knew about the Titanic, which sank 112 years ago

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The Titanic.

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The container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge has crashed before

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A large container ship crashed into a Maryland bridge near one of the largest ports on the US East Coast. Two people have been rescued amid an ongoing search for survivors.

Massive Texas fire burns out of control, razing half a million acres of land

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A massive fire in Texas has burned more than half a million acres of land. The Smokehouse House Creek Fire is the second-largest fire in the state's history, prompting evacuation orders in counties there and in Oklahoma.

They're getting ready for the downfall of America. Just don't call them preppers.

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Residents of Riverbed Ranch are building their own small town from scratch. The goal? Survive if America collapses.

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The time a British Airways pilot was sucked out of an airplane mid-flight — and lived

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British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster, center, recovering from his ordeal in a Southampton hospital, June 11, 1990, flanked by two of his aircrafts stewards, Simon Rogers, left, and Nigel Ogden.
British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster, center, recovering from his ordeal in a Southampton hospital on June 11, 1990, flanked by the two stewards who helped save him.

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The world hasn't been this warm in 100,000 years

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A person cools off in a fountain during a heat wave in Rome this past July.
A person cools off during a heat wave in Rome this past July.

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Jaw-dropping photos show the aftermath of when 2 planes collided in the air over New York City 63 years ago

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In 1960, two airplanes crashed into each other above New York City. There were no survivors.

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The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Changed the DNA of Local Dogs

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New research shines a light on how the Chernobyl disaster changed the DNA of the dogs that remained in the area. Scientists collected samples from hundreds of free-roaming canines in the exclusion zone and found that they were genetically distinct from dogs elsewhere in the world. The scientists are still exploring…

Two weeks after toxic chemicals burned on a derailed train, Ohio residents fear for their safety. Here's what we know about the crash.

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Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. - The train accident sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders, officials and reports said Saturday. No injuries or fatalities were reported after the 50-car train came off the tracks late February 3 near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. The train was shipping cargo from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, when it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
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