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The Cursed Rocks And Guilty Tourists Of Uluru
Tourists hoping to take home a souvenir found themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place!
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That Time a Scientist Dug Secret Tunnels Under D.C. for Exercise
Skip the gym and dig underground tunnels instead!
Places
Upside-down Lightning In Oklahoma Most Powerful Ever Recorded
Scientists are still figuring out why lightning sometimes flows up instead of down.
Places
Billions of Fireflies Synchronize in a Rare, Dazzling Light Show
Friday night lights like you've never seen.
Places
Fantasy Forest Discovered Inside 630-Foot-Deep Sinkhole
The average sinkhole runs 11 feet under the Earth’s surface. This forest-filled crater in China was about 57 times that!
Places
The Island Covered in Deadly Snakes
This might be an island to skip on your next vacation!
Places
Invasive Worms Get the Jump on West Coast
And they're eating their way to the topsoil!
Places
Monster Waves Caught Off the Coast of Portugal
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