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1996 Everest disaster

{ Article added: 09/27/2009 }
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Categories : Disasters, Weather
On May 10-11, 1996, freak weather conditions and a bottleneck of climbers led to what has been called the 1996 Everest disaster, when eight people died on Mt. Everest while attempting to reach the summit. The principle parties involved ...Read More »

Stateville Penitentiary Malaria Study

{ Article added: 06/09/2009 }
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Categories : Experiments
The Stateville Penitentiary Malaria Study was a voluntary human experimentation study conducted by researchers to test anti-malarial drugs. Inmates at the Stateville Penitentiary in Illinois were the test subjects and received ten bites from a mosquito infected with a ...Read More »

Ice block expedition of 1959

{ Article added: 06/01/2009 }
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In 1958, a radio station in Luxembourg issued a challenge: transport three tons of ice to the Equator without the use of refrigeration and be rewarded with a monetary prize for each kilogram that arrived intact. The next year, ...Read More »

Randy Gardner

{ Article added: 05/28/2009 }
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Categories : Experiments, People
Having gone without sleep for 264 hours (11 days), Randy Gardner -- at the time a 17 year old high school student -- holds the record for the longest scientifically documented period of natural sleep deprivation. Scientists monitoring the ...Read More »

Project MKULTRA

{ Article added: 05/25/2009 }
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Project MKULTRA is the codename for a highly-classified experimental program conducted by the CIA in the 1950s and 1960s that tested the aspects of mind control through the use of drugs and other methods. The project was initiated as ...Read More »

New England’s Dark Day

{ Article added: 05/19/2009 }
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Categories : Historical, Science & Nature
On May 19th, 1780, the region of New England and portions of Canada experienced a day with the sky obscured by dark smoke, thick fog, and heavy cloud cover, necessitating the use of candles in the midday hours. The ...Read More »

Sajama Lines

{ Article added: 05/08/2009 }
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The Sajama Lines, possibly the largest artwork in the world, are a series of paths in the ground that cover an area of nearly 14,000 square miles of high plateau terrain in Bolivia. The lines were created over a ...Read More »
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