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This Air Force Jet Was Scrambled to Intercept a UFO—Then Disappeared

The Air Force offered the pilot’s widow conflicting explanations.

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Why Mysterious Green Fireballs Worried the US Government in 1948

The sightings were concentrated around the Los Alamos and Sandia atomic‑weapons laboratories, and other highly sensitive military installations.

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Brontosaurus from Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park’s Dinosaurs: How Realistic Were They?

Jack Horner, the film’s consulting paleontologist, kept the velociraptors from having (incorrect) forked tongues, but he couldn’t stop T. rex from running.

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Rubik's Cube

Rubik’s Cube Fastest Solvers: How a Toy Inspired Dreams of World Records

Global ‘speedcubing’ competitions test the ability of fleet‑handed geeks to solve the colorful ’80s puzzle—in different sizes, one‑handed, even with their feet.

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