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The legendary mermaid statue is 100 years old
A century ago, on August 23, 1913, the statue
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The 'giant lightning' incident in China has been solved
After two years, China released the first report on the giant light phenomenon seen in the east of this country on August 12, 2010.
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Rare picture of mushroom atomic cloud in Hiroshima
An extremely rare photograph of a giant mushroom cloud divided into two parts after the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan was found.
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The exact date of the construction of the Giza pyramid?
According to a controversial new study, the Egyptians began building the Giza pyramid complex on August 23, 2470 BC.
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Liquid explosives to terrorists is what?
On August 10, the British Police broke a liquid explosive plot of Al-Qaeda, which targeted 10 commercial flights from Britain to the United States, leading to cargo arre…
1001 mystery
Mysterious light circle appears in the American sky
Many people in the United States saw a strange circle of light in the sky of Texas on the evening of August 18 local time.
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2012: Many natural disasters, no disasters
'In 2012 the world will have many natural disasters and armed conflicts, but if there are natural disasters, it will not be so terrible,' the experts decipher the prophe…
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Stunning coincidence between the bright streaks of the Sun and UFOs
There are many predictions about the correlation between the appearance of UFOs and certain natural processes and phenomena, especially the activity of the sun.
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Huge strange halo in the sky of China
Many pilots said they saw a giant halo of mysterious circles in Shanghai sky on August 20.
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Extraterrestrial creatures may have come to China
People in Zhejiang Province, China saw a strange object glowing in the sky at the end of August and many scientists believed it was a means of transport of extraterrestr…
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Photo of the overwhelming selfie of Curiosity probe right on Mars
The images used to create this mosaic picture were taken by Curiosity on August 9, 2018, at Vera Rubin Ridge - where the probe has been operating for months.
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Who is Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky?
Google just created a Doodle to remember Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. Today August 30, 2018 is his 155th birthday anniversary.
Oceanography
Tens of thousands of tons of horse tail algae swallowed the beaches of Mexico
Reporters in Mexico reported that on August 3, the Ministry of Environment and Mexican Resources (Semarnat) warned of the proliferation of Sargasso algae that stretches…
Oceanography
Whales groping boats make visitors break their ribs
On August 5, a ship carrying five tourists and three sailors were on their way back to the land after a fishing trip near the Whitsunday Islands (Australia) when a whale…
Oceanography
Japan found fish in the deep groove 8,188m under the sea
The Japan Ocean-Earth Science and Technology Agency (JAMSTEC) on August 24 announced the discovery of snailfish at a depth of 8,178 m under the Mariana ocean trench, acc…