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Soil suddenly liquefies, 'swallows' excavator in front of people
This is the bizarre moment the soil turned into liquid, swallowing an excavator and the driver had to jump out to escape.
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Archeology
1,800-year-old Roman statue discovered in the parking lot
A Roman statue dating back 1,800 years has just been discovered by construction workers working on a car park in England.
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Ha Tinh farmers dug three pots of coins
Mr. Nguyen Van Phu (from Vu Quang district) rented a excavator to dig the house, discovered three crock pots containing more than 100kg of coins at a depth of 1.5m.
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Finding something extremely dangerous at Chernobyl, touching might die
A device used to clear radioactive waste in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union was recently found.
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China produces 4,800 tons of roadheaders
China's largest self-drilling mud-digging machine, 135 meters long, is used to build a 3.6-kilometer tunnel in Shenzhen.
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The ground heaves like a wave of water under a digging bucket
A worker who controls the excavator records the moment when a large sandy area underneath the bobbing machine floats like ripple waves in Kitimat, British Columbia, Cana…
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Compare the size of the largest construction machines
The Bagger 293 bucket loader is one of the largest machines operating on land with a length of 225 meters and weighs more than 14,000 tons.
Oceanography
Rescue 14m long whales stranded in Nghe An sea
At 12:15 pm 25/5, the whale 13m long, weighs 15-17 tons was successfully rescued with the help of 2 excavators digging water channels, two boats and canoes leading the w…
Oceanography
Rescue 2 ton whales stranded on Co To island
Hundreds of people and 2 excavators last night successfully rescued the fish 7.5m long, heavier than 2 tons aground on Nam Hai beach.
Oceanography
The whale is shallow in Australia
Australian lifeguards are using jet-powered amphibious vehicles, excavators and human power to save 194 whales and dolphins stuck on a beach.
Archeology
The silver mosaic sword remains intact after 800 years
The 13th-century sword with many silver mosaic carvings emerged between the bucket of excavator in the English golf course.
Archeology
Discover the oldest solid fossil
Excavators excavated the oldest solid fossil, dating to about 167 million years old, help to understand the evolution of this species.
Archeology
Detecting giant dinosaur tails dating back 72 million years
A group of excavators carefully swept away the sand and gravel that covered thousands of years of age to reveal the dinosaur tail about 5 meters (16 feet) long.
Space science
Going to have a robot dig
Using robots deep into the ground of Mars and scouring is no longer a fiction. Currently, NASA's Curiosity probe has begun to move and survey the surface of Mars, search…
Animal world
Excavator dog buried your body in Chile
The moment the persistent pooch uses a digging muzzle to bury your body under a hole in Chile, many viewers are touched.