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      Body

      What If We Shrunk Humanity?

      January 3, 2019
      Humanity

      What If Everyone Stopped Drinking Coffee?

      January 2, 2020
      Body

      What Happens When You Get Sprayed by a Skunk?

      November 21, 2022
      Cosmos

      What If a Blazar Entered Our Solar System?

      April 30, 2021
      Body

      What If You Drank Snake Venom?

      September 8, 2021
      Earth

      What If You Could Freeze a Hurricane?

      Has the weather ever ruined your plans? What if I told you I had an idea to stop hurricanes from wrecking your day? And that it involves liquid nitrogen. How exactly...

      HTS MSN

      What Actually Happens When You Eat the World’s Hottest Pepper

      You have seen people try it online, so you decide to do it yourself. Just one bite. Almost instantly, tears start streaming down your face. Your nose begins to run...

      Earth

      What If Columbus Never Discovered America?

      Forget everything you know about the United States of America. It is not united anymore, but divided into several independent nations. No, this isn’t the result of...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Left in Space: 12 of the Strangest Things Humans Left in Space

      During the Apollo missions in the 1960s, astronauts collected lunar rocks to bring back to Earth, but to lighten their cargo, they left 96 bags of urine and feces on the...

      Cosmos

      What If the Big Rip Happened Tomorrow?

      The Big Rip, the ultimate fate of our Universe. It will be a cosmic event that will tear apart galaxies, one by one. Stars, planets, you, everything will be eviscerated...

      MSN, DailyMoment, MSN New

      It’s National Pet Day: What If We Didn’t Have Pets?

      Pets can be many things to people. To some, pets are life-changing family members. To others, they’re noisy troublemakers. And pets are the stars of hilarious...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If the Sun Only Produced Blue Light?

      Imagine waking up one morning and looking outside to find that everything has turned blue. The Sun is still shining, but something is very different. Instead of...

      MSN New, Earth

      Earth’s Oceans Slowly Lose Their Salt, and the Entire Planet Begins to Collapse

      Earth depends on countless natural systems working together. The atmosphere, oceans, land, and living organisms constantly influence each other, creating the conditions...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Humanity Moved to Ceres?

      Settling on the Moon or Mars may be all the buzz. But how about we all move to an icy dwarf planet in the middle of the Solar System? To Ceres. What would make this a...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Was the Size of Jupiter?

      Ever feel like the Earth is just too small? Well, let’s make it bigger. Much, much bigger. Welcome to a new Earth that is just as big as Jupiter. In what ways would the...

      Cosmos

      What If a Meteorite Crashed Into Your Home?

      Look out. A burning hot space rock just fell straight into your living room, destroying all the things you care about most. Goodbye, sweet television. How did this...

      HTS MSN

      The Rikers Island Deaths That Exposed a Broken System

      For many years, the deaths that have occurred at Rikers Island have led people to question the conditions inside the jail and whether or not the individuals detained...

      HTS MSN

      178 Million Vehicles Crossed It Safely, Then the Bridge Suddenly Collapsed

      Imagine being stuck in traffic halfway across a huge bridge when the entire structure suddenly begins to move. At first, you might assume it is simply the vibration...

      Science

      What If We Terraformed the Sahara Desert?

      In an effort to fight climate change, the Sahara Desert could be going green… literally. Plans are being made to terraform the entire Sahara desert; changing it...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      A Gamma Ray Burst Collided With a Black Hole, and the Universe Would Get Very Strange

      Picture taking the single most energetic explosion the universe produces and hurling it directly at one of the most powerful gravitational objects ever discovered. On...

      Cosmos

      What If You Dropped a Steak From Orbit?

      Ever had a freshly cooked steak, delivered straight from the International Space Station? Let me tell you — it’s not going to be what you might expect. You must be...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Ask “What Can You Tell Me About It” and They Hide the Truth, Ask This Instead and They Confess

      Two people are selling the same broken phone. A buyer asks the first one, “So what can you tell me about it?” The seller says it works great. The buyer asks...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Billions of Dollars for a Prison That Holds Almost Nobody

      Here is the number that quietly kills the whole idea. Modern prisons are built to hold thousands of inmates at once. Alcatraz was never close to that, and even after...

      Earth, MSN New

      5 Tips How to Survive as a Pyramid Builder in Ancient Egypt

      Swipe down for full video story! The construction of the pyramids of Giza required immense labor and coordination. For those involved, daily work was physically...

      Humanity, MSN, MSN New

      What If You Were as Rich as Jeff Bezos?

      As the CEO and founder of Amazon, the multibillion dollar online shopping company, Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet. With a current net worth of $270...

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