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They Glowed in the Dark. Then Their Bones Began to Fail.
Scams & Politics
He Invented a Country. Then He Sold Its Land to Real People.
Bonds, a currency, a capital. Poyais lacked only one thing: existence.
Finance
He Paid 10,000 Bitcoins for Two Pizzas. And No, It Wasn’t Foolish.
The most discussed meal on the internet was also an essential experiment.
Extraordinary Lives
The Titanic Sank. For Her, It Was Only the Beginning.
After Titanic, she could have left the sea forever. Instead, she went back aboard.
Science
The Lake Never Overflowed. By Morning, Entire Villages Were Dead.
The houses were still standing. The roads were untouched. But almost nothing moved in the valley.
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