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      Humanity

      What If Everyone Flushed at the Same Time?

      October 29, 2018
      Body

      What If You Drank Snake Venom?

      September 8, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If a Black Hole Ate the Sun?

      July 22, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If Everything You Knew About the Universe Is Wrong?

      March 24, 2023
      Science

      What If We Lived In Cities Under Water?

      May 3, 2019
      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      What If a Solar Storm Hit Earth in 2026?

      Imagine the Sun releasing a burst of energy so powerful it could knock out power grids, stop airplanes mid flight, and push our world back into the dark ages. This is...

      Earth

      What If We Drilled Through a Volcano?

      Volcanic eruptions can be devastating. So what if we took extreme actions to prevent them? How could we drill into a volcano? What would be the benefits of doing this...

      MSN New

      Avatar’s Pandora in Real Life is Terrifying

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story The world of Pandora captured audiences with its floating mountains, glowing forests, and breathtaking alien landscapes. In James...

      HTS MSN

      The Truth About Driverless Cars and How to Survive One Gone Wrong

      Car crashes are a common occurrence. Over 1.35 million people worldwide die in car accidents every year, and crashes are the 8th leading cause of death around the world...

      Humanity

      What If a Massive Locust Swarm Attacked Your City?

      It’s about to get Old Testament here. What if the creepiest, crawliest, most catastrophic member of the Plagues of Egypt made an unexpected housecall? And decided your...

      MSN New

      What If You Spent 5 Seconds in the Mariana Trench?

      The Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of the world’s oceans, located in the western Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Islands. At its lowest point, the Challenger...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen if a Blazar Entered Our Solar System?

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story We’ve thrown a lot of disasters at Earth over the years: from asteroids and aliens, to the Sun’s death. But hey, the Universe is a...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If the Mariana Trench Was Actually an Alien Base?

      There’s a reason why the idea of aliens living at the bottom of the sea keeps popping up in popular culture. Many of us are far more afraid of what lies down there than...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      How Jupiter Built The Entire Solar System

      Everything you’ve ever stood on, every rock, every continent, every grain of sand, may have been manufactured in a single cosmic trap hiding behind the biggest...

      HTS MSN

      Trapped in a Swarm of 50,000 Bees? Do This

      You are hiking through a quiet forest when you suddenly hear a strange buzzing sound. At first, it seems harmless. But within seconds, the noise becomes louder and...

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      What Eating Raw Meat Really Does to Your Insides

      In the U.S., the CDC estimates that 128,000 people are hospitalized every year for foodborne illnesses. Eating raw meat can ease your way into that statistic. The raw...

      Science

      What If You Lived Inside a Hologram?

      What if the Universe is an illusion? What if your reality is not what it seems to be? What if you are you’re just a 2D projection stretched on the surface of a...

      Science

      What If Earth’s Axis Was Tilted by 90 Degrees?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] The Earth sits comfortably in its orbit tilted on its axis at 23 degrees. Knock the planet over – and it...

      Science

      What If You Had the Strength of a Superhero?

      If you were just three times stronger than the world’s strongest person, you could lift a compact car. What else could you do? Or, not do? Would superhuman...

      MSN New, Earth

      He Survived the Hiroshima Bomb, Then Walked Straight Into the Second One

      e now live in a world where supposed facts either turn out to be fictions or are so outrageous that the increasingly dismayed novelist would struggle to get them passed...

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      900 Sailors Lost to the Sea After Torpedoes, Then Came the Sharks

      On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was sailing through the Pacific Ocean when disaster struck. Japanese torpedoes slammed into the American heavy cruiser, causing...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If Russia Never Had Putin as President?

      As the world watches the war Russia brutally started in Ukraine, you wonder how these countries would be different if the dictator Vladimir Putin never took office. Who...

      DailyMoment, MSN, MSN New

      What If Bats Were as Big as Humans?

      Bats already creep a lot of people out, so imagine how scared they’d be if there were giant ones roaming around. And keep in mind that bats usually live together...

      MSN New, Earth

      All the Oxygen on Earth Could Disappear for One Hour, Here’s What Would Happen

      Take a slow, deep breath right now and notice how satisfying that simple act feels. What fills your lungs in that moment is oxygen, making up only about 21 percent of...

      HTS MSN

      Everything Movies Taught You About Quicksand Is Wrong

      Picture this, you’re having a nice, relaxing walk on a private beach without a care in the world. All of a sudden, your foot drops into a deep and mucky puddle...

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