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      What If You Didn’t Wash Your Bed Sheets for a Month?

      May 19, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If the Moon Exploded?

      October 20, 2020
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      8 Reasons Why a Future World War Could Be Fought in Space

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      What If You Jumped Into a Bathtub Full of Tapeworms?

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      He Survived North Korea’s Famine, Prisons, and Two Failed Escapes

      He was eleven years old, standing in a public square with other children from his neighborhood. In front of them, a man was tied to a post while a firing squad raised...

      Humanity

      Top 5 Events That Could End the World

      Our planet has survived the billions of years of catastrophic events that made it the world we live on now. But one day, there will be an event so disastrous that it...

      MSN New, Earth, Humanity

      There Could Be Hundreds of Versions of You Living in Other Universes

      What if there was another version of you? Somewhere out there in the Universe. A you that could be anything. Imagine a version of you where you’re the Batman. Or...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What Would Happen If You Fell Into a Black Hole

      Despite being “black” and a “hole”, a black hole is not a dark, empty space. In his theory of relativity, Einstein predicted how black holes are...

      MSN New, Earth

      Australia Was Terrifying Long Before Humans Arrived. Here Is What Hunted There

      Australians love to joke that everything in their country wants to kill you. The spiders, the snakes, the jellyfish, even the birds. They have no idea how good they have...

      MSN New, Earth

      Its Skin Swallows 99.5 Percent of All Light, Which Is Why Nothing Ever Sees It Coming

      Point a light at it and the light does not come back. Almost none of it, anyway. The skin of this fish absorbs up to 99.5 percent of everything that touches it, which...

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      What If Megalodon Fought Titanoboa?

      It’s the matchup you’ve been waiting for, the clash between some of the biggest titans that ever roamed the Earth. Today, we’re going back in time to...

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      The Dark History of Riker’s Island

      After getting picked up and handcuffed, you’re brought onto a bus with other detainees. You cross the “Bridge of Pain” and are escorted to your new home for the...

      Earth

      What If We Lost Gravity for 5 Seconds?

      Scroll down to watch our video. Unless you’re an astronaut, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gravity. We all take gravity for granted...

      MSN New, Earth

      A World Without Ice Would Transform Our Cities Like This

      Sea levels have gone up 20cm (8″) since 1850, but it was unevenly distributed around the globe. That’s roughly half the height of a bowling pin, 3.5 times the size...

      Science

      What If Life Didn’t Originate on Earth?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] All of the systems, beliefs, emotions, and experiences that we call life are taking place on a tiny rock floating...

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      Jupiter Would Tear Saturn’s 150 Moons Apart Before Devouring the Planet Itself

      Saturn does not enter this fight alone. Hidden within its rings sit at least 150 moons and moonlets, an entire arsenal of ice and rock orbiting alongside it. None of...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen If You Traveled to a Real Hell Planet?

      We visit a lot of planets here on WHAT IF, but K2-141b is the most extreme one yet. Are you ready to jump on board this one-way space shuttle? If you’d rather stay...

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      Prehistoric Earth Explained: What Life Was Really Like

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Millions of years in the past, early humans existed in a world where survival was never certain. They faced constant dangers from wild...

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      Two Giants Are Circling the Heart of Our Galaxy, and One Is About to Devour the Other

      At the center of the Milky Way sits a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*, and it has been feeding on nearby stars for a very long time. That alone would be...

      Humanity

      What If an Advanced Civilization Lived in the Amazon?

      The Amazon rainforest stretches for millions of kilometers, hiding ancient tribes, animals and maybe something else. What if under this mysterious canopy lies an...

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      Legendary Lost Cities That Were Actually Found

      Across the world, ancient legends often spoke of magnificent cities that vanished without a trace, swallowed by time, war, or nature itself. For centuries, these places...

      Science

      What If Extinct Animals Could Be Brought Back to Life?

      What do saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and the dodo all have in common? They’re all extinct, and some theorize humans played a large part in this. What if...

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      Why They Didn’t Survive: The Rana Plaza Collapse

      On April 24, 2013, thousands of workers entered a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that many of them already feared was unsafe. Just one day earlier, employees had...

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      Humanity Just Learned Earth Has 10 Years Left, and Panic Sets In

      The Earth is a dying rock and time is running out. You only have 10 years to plan your escape. How could we evacuate as many people as possible? What resources would we...

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