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      What If You Got Caught in a Giant Spider Web?

      September 8, 2020
      Humanity

      What If You Had to Live Through 2020 All Over Again?

      January 5, 2021
      Body

      What If You Squat for 24 Hours Straight?

      December 28, 2021
      Science

      What If Everyone Lived Underground?

      November 9, 2018
      Earth

      What If Jupiter Swallowed Earth?

      June 24, 2020
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      A War Crew Was Ambushed on the Road, and Their Cameraman Was Shot Twice

      British chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and his Sky News team were trying to reach Kyiv when they found themselves driving through an area that seemed strangely quiet...

      MSN New, Humanity

      The Real Danger of Artificial Intelligence Is Not What You Think

      When people imagine artificial intelligence taking over, they usually picture something straight out of a science fiction movie. Giant robots patrol the streets...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What if Love Didn’t Exist?

      Love can make us do some pretty crazy things. When we’re in love, our brains release a cocktail of neurochemicals that not only affect our moods and our well...

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      The Safest Seat on a Plane Isn’t Where You Think

      If you find yourself going into a freefall inside a metal tube hurtling through the clouds at hundreds of kilometers per hour, and an oxygen mask drops down right in...

      MSN New

      What If You Were Sucked Into a Whirlpool?

      What a perfect day for kayaking out on the open sea. Wait a second, why is the water suddenly spinning? Is that a whirlpool? How do people actually get pulled into...

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      10 Most Dangerous Jellyfish and How to Survive Them

      Tentacles meters long that can tangle around you and stingers ready to inject deadly venom. They can be almost entirely seethrough, making them the perfect killer in...

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      Christa Pike Survived Two Lethal Injections, but She Wasn’t the Only One to Survive an Execution

      Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, survived an extraordinary execution attempt involving lethal injection. After two doses of the execution drug were...

      Earth

      What If You Never Threw Anything Away?

      Hoarders. They can’t bear to throw anything away. They pile up stuff everywhere, cluttering every space until they can’t move anymore. What if we could flip...

      MSN New

      What If a 40 Foot Wingspan Predator Appeared in Modern Cities?

      Imagine walking out of your office during lunch and suddenly noticing people staring at the sky. A massive shadow passes overhead. At first, you think it is a small...

      Cosmos

      Things You Were Lied to About Space

      The Sun is Yellow If you’ve always thought our star was a bright yellow ball of fire, you were wrong. For starters, it’s not yellow. It’s green. Sort...

      Earth

      What If the Arctic Turned Into a Megaslump?

      The sound of trickling water might seem harmless, even peaceful. But in the polar regions, this sound is a sinister warning of an event that could swallow up the arctic...

      Cosmos

      What If Jupiter Lost Its Atmosphere?

      As our biggest planet, Jupiter’s immense presence helps to hold our solar system together. Its massive size and gravitational pull give it a dense atmosphere, a...

      MSN New, Earth

      A Life Without Purring: Loss of the Cats

      Imagine waking up one morning and realizing cats no longer exist. No more purring beside you at night, no curious eyes watching from the windows, and no tiny predators...

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      He Trusted a 1,000 kg Hippopotamus, and Then It Ripped Him to Pieces

      Hippos are often portrayed as slow, peaceful animals spending their days submerged in rivers or resting in muddy water. But beneath that seemingly relaxed appearance is...

      Cosmos, Humanity, MSN New

      What Would Happen If a Baby Was Born on the Moon?

      Greetings, future moonling. That’s right. You are among the first generation of children born on the Moon. How would your birth compare to every previous human’s...

      MSN New, Earth

      It Looks Like a Kitten, and It Kills More Successfully Than a Lion Ever Will

      Put a lion and this animal side by side and the comparison looks absurd. One weighs a couple of hundred kilograms and dominates every documentary ever filmed in Africa...

      MSN New, Earth

      Should We Be Worried If We Killed All Spiders?

      Spiders are everywhere on Earth. Scientists have identified around 45,000 known species, but estimates suggest there could be many more still undiscovered. They exist in...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If the Biggest Flying Animal Ever Still Ruled the Skies?

      Quetzalcoatlus lived around 72 to 66 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period, when it blocked out the sun with its 12 m (40 ft) wingspan. When it landed on...

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      A Circus Tiger Suddenly Turned on Its Trainer in Front of His Mother

      At the circus in Madrid, Spain, things seemed to be proceeding as scheduled for 35-year-old animal trainer Denny Gottani. Since he had years of experience in working...

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      Why He Didn’t Survive Bang Kwang Prison: The Paul Hayward Tragedy

      Paul Hayward’s story does not begin in a prison cell or under chains. It begins in a normal life that slowly gets pulled off course by loyalty, pressure, and bad company...

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