Eerie photos show the Great Smog of London in 1952, which killed 12,000 people and changed the way the world saw air pollution

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A policeman used a flare to guide cars through traffic during the Great Smog in 1952.
A policeman used a flare to guide cars through traffic during the Great Smog in 1952.

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A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A scientist on Operation Plumbbob told us the unbelievable story.

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craters from nuclear weapons tests in nevada pockmark the barren dessert land
The pockmarked Nevada Testing Site, strewn with craters from all the nuclear weapons tests that took place there.

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Photos show the eerie parallels between the Ohio train derailment and a Netflix movie which was filmed in the state the year before

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A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals.
A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals.

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Photos show how the affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky came to light, fracturing a nation's trust and both of their reputations

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Monica Lewinsky and former President Bill Clinton.
Monica Lewinsky and former President Bill Clinton.

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Recycling wind turbine blades is nearly impossible. Veolia North America thinks it can keep them out of landfills.

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A bulldozer drives amid a pile of wind turbine pieces, which are piled on sandy ground
Piles of wind turbine blades at a waste management facility in Missouri.

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Here's how JD Vance twisted and turned his way from humble Rust Belt beginnings into becoming a Yale-educated, best-selling author, and senator at 38

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JD Vance speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio.
JD Vance speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio.

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Photos capture the moment US Navy sailors pulled the downed Chinese balloon out of the ocean

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Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023.
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023.

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Some of the widest highways in the US have more than 20 lanes — but widening them won't solve traffic congestion

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Construction vehicles at the site to widen Interstate 66 in Virginia.
Construction widening the I-66 in Virginia.

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Photos show the horrors of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration camp, 78 years after its liberation

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An aerial view of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau extermination camp on December 19, 2019 in Oswiecim, Poland.

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