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Science Gone Wrong
On September 15, 1830, MP William Huskisson became one of the first widely reported railway fatalities when he was struck by Stephenson's Rocket at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, dying that evening after his leg was crushed.

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Science Gone Wrong
One dam unleashed 12.4 billion gallons before midnight. 🌊

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Science Gone Wrong
A 42-mph wind made this bridge tear itself apart. 🌉

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Science Gone Wrong
This nuclear mass could kill you within five minutes. ☢️

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Animal Oddities
Ken Allen escaped the zoo three times in one summer. 🦧

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Animal Oddities
Pelorus Jack guided ships to deadly waters for 24 years. 🐬

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Dark History
A raspberry-flavored medicine killed more than 100 people. 🧪

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Animal Oddities
Seattle's crows started paying a child in tiny treasures. 🐦

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Dark History
The Mad Hatter was a real medical diagnosis. 🎩

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Creepy Discoveries
A frozen lake collected human skeletons for 1,000 years. 🦴

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Heartwarming Humanity
A 12-year-old boy in Ohio started a bow tie business to pay for his adoption fees and earned enough to adopt 32 other children from foster care.