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The Windscale Disaster

In the wake of World War 2 the United States government enacted legislation which prohibited any other nations from r...
Written by Gerry Matlack • 07 May 2007 • Read →
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Bad Blood in Tuskegee

Early in the twentieth century, the medical community was practically helpless in its battle against syphilis. The c...
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Sympathy for the Devil

There are few things as thrilling as the story of a dramatic escape, especially one with a happy ending. It is unders...
Written by Marisa Brook • 26 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Project Alpha and the Spoon Benders

In the late 1960s, a young Israeli man named Uri Geller gained a substantial amount of attention and fame following a...
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Damn Radio Activity

If you live in the Miami area and you own one of those fancy new AM radio receiver sets, you're in luck. I'll be doi...
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Silent Lucidity

There was a time that I could fly. I jutted my right fist into the air, and launched into the sky. My stomach droppe...
Written by Jason Bellows • 12 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Submersible Aircraft Carriers

On 09 September 1942, at about 6:00am Pacific War Time, a lookout on the US Oregon coast spotted a single incoming ai...
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Apr 2007 • Read →
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Spring Break, Damnit

The Dang Interesting writing staff is presently indulging in a much-needed holiday. We will return in one week-- on...
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Apr 2007 • Read →
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The Fall of the Eastland

At a pier on the Chicago River on 24 July 1915, as the passenger steamer SS Eastland prepared to embark across lake M...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 Mar 2007 • Read →
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The Farewell Dossier

In 1982, operatives from the USSR's Committee for State Security--known internationally as the KGB--celebrated the pr...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Mar 2007 • Read →
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