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Officially America's tallest man, Vovkovinskiy was well known for his enormous size and gentle demeanour.
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Scientists in China have discovered a fossil skull belonging to what could be a totally new human species.
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Weighing the equivalent of four elephants, Paraceratherium linxiaense was an absolute monster.
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The first of NASA's enormous Space Launch System (SLS) rockets stands as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
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A woman from Australia who underwent tonsil surgery woke up to find that her accent had completely changed.
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NASA has revealed the details of its latest crop of space technology grants totalling a whopping $45 million.
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A metallic monolith that appeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been torched by a mob.
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A new study has demonstrated just how quickly pigs can adapt to tasks that were previously totally alien to them.
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A teenager who is starting to wake from a coma caught Covid twice but is totally unaware of what's happening.
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For the first time ever, abnormally short 'dwarf' giraffes have been spotted in Uganda and Namibia.
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A pair of would-be thieves ended up being arrested after accidentally phoning the police themselves.
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A strange metallic sphere found near the home of a family in Florida sparked a decades-long mystery.
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An art group has come forward to claim responsibility for creating the Utah and California monoliths.
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The ongoing mystery of the metallic monoliths appearing around the world is showing no signs of slowing down.
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The iconic telescope, which had shut recently after sustaining earthquake damage, has now collapsed.
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Scientists and engineers have been busy developing a next-generation space toilet fit for the final frontier.
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Video footage shows the moment a huge landslide caused several houses to be swept into the ocean.
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Those looking to travel totally beyond the reach of the deadly pandemic may have to venture very far indeed.
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A short clip recently posted up on video sharing site TikTok shows a bizarre object hurtling across the sky.
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Standing up to three meters tall, Gigantopithecus was the largest ape to ever walk the face of the Earth.