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What makes beached whales explode?
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What makes beached whales explode? Find out what makes beached whales explode at HowStuffWorks.
10 Treasures We'll Lose as Sea Levels Rise
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HowStuffWorks looks at 10 of the most notable spots in danger of rising sea levels due to climate change.
What's Really Going on at the 'Tesla Tower'?
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There's a mysterious tower in Texas that strongly resembles Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower. Its constructors say they're testing some new forms of electromagnetic waves. But is something else going on?
Did NASA Win the Space Race?
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The space race between NASA and the Soviet Union began with the Soviet's successful Sputnik I. Find out what played out during the space race.
What were the famous Blaise Pascal inventions?
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What were you doing at age 16? Blaise Pascal, a precocious 17th century French teenager, had already come up with his very own theorem. Some of Pascal's ideas even made it to the casino floor. How did this polymath affect your world?
Who Invented the First Computer?
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This person of diverse interests also invented the cowcatcher device for trains and held a distinguished mathematics professorship at the University of Cambridge.
How the Batsuit Works
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The Batsuit is a state-of-the-art crime-fighting system. Learn all about how the Batsuit works and shop related products.
The Most Resilient Zodiac Sign: Who Handles Challenges the Best?
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Which is the strongest zodiac sign? Discover the most powerful signs in astrology, ranked by strength, willpower, and resilience in love, career, and life.
Which Part of the World Did You Live In, in Your Past Life?
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If you believe in reincarnation, it can be fun and interesting to consider where or when you might have lived before and what kind of person you might have been. Take this quiz to find out if you were a fisherman on the open seas, a king or a playwright.
The Arabian Sand Boa Burrows in Sand to Ambush Prey
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The Arabian sand boa has mastered the art of living beneath the sand. Found slithering (or, more accurately, burrowing) across the Arabian Peninsula, its ability to stay nearly invisible — with just its eyes peeking above the sand — makes it one of the sneakiest hunters in the desert.