In September 1859, the Carrington Event manifested as the most potent geomagnetic storm on record, interacting violently with […]
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On the morning of September 1, 1859, the British astronomer Richard Carrington observed a blindingly white flash within […]
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The Kensington Runestone Mystery in Minnesota
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Percy Fawcett and the Legend of the Lost City of Z
In 1925, Colonel Percy Fawcett embarked upon his final expedition into the uncharted Mato Grosso region of Brazil, […]
Percy Fawcett and the Legend of the Lost City of Z
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The Carroll A. Deering Ghost Ship Mystery
On January 31, 1921, the five-masted schooner Carroll A. Deering was discovered aground upon the treacherous Diamond Shoals […]
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