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Giant prehistoric lion was as tall as a man
3-26-2018 |
15
Fossil hunters have discovered the skull of a huge prehistoric lion that roamed Africa 200,000 years ago.
World's tallest man meets shortest woman
VIDEO 1-30-2018 | 6
Giant Sultan Kosen from Turkey was pictured with tiny Jyoti Amge from India in front of the Pyramids this week.
Man dies after dog accidentally shoots him
1-22-2018 | 13
An experienced hunter from Russia has died in a freak accident involving one of his own hunting dogs.
Man lost in the outback buries himself in sand
8-14-2017 | 11
Anthony Collis became totally lost in a remote part of Australia during a trip with his girlfriend.
Do giraffes often get struck by lightning ?
7-1-2017 | 12
Being the world's tallest animal, is the giraffe more prone to lightning strikes than other animals ?
'Willy Wonka' elevator has become a reality
VIDEO 6-28-2017 | 6
German company ThyssenKrupp has developed an elevator that can go horizontally as well as vertically.
Nepal launches new bid to measure Mt Everest
6-18-2017 | 1
The Department of Survey is aiming to find out just how tall the world's tallest mountain actually is.
Woman gets her hand stuck inside a toilet
VIDEO 4-20-2017 | 21
Firefighters ended up having to take the toilet outside after the hapless woman became totally stuck.
Vast Canadian river disappeared in four days
4-18-2017 | 11
Last year the Slims river totally vanished in what is thought to be a modern case of 'river piracy'.
Tallest men trace back to mammoth hunters
4-13-2017 | 19
A new study has linked a prehistoric population of mammoth hunters with some of today's tallest people.
Firm plans to build upside-down skyscraper
3-29-2017 | 27
The bizarre plan would see the world's tallest building being hung upside-down from an orbiting asteroid.
Earth was once covered in giant mushrooms
VIDEO 3-22-2017 | 9
Back when the tallest trees were only a few feet high, huge towers of fungus grew in excess of 8 meters.
Metallic hydrogen created for the first time
VIDEO 1-27-2017 | 16
Scientists have succeeded in squeezing hydrogen to such an extreme that is has turned in to a metal.
Did Nepal earthquake shrink Mount Everest ?
1-25-2017 | 8
Scientists are set to launch a new expedition to find out if the world's tallest mountain has shrunk.
Curiosity discovers metallic meteorite on Mars
1-18-2017 | 10
The rover has come across what scientists believe to be an iron-nickel meteorite on the Martian surface.
Great dane is crowned world's tallest dog
VIDEO 12-31-2016 | 10
Despite starting out as the runt of the litter, four-year-old Freddy has grown to be 40.75 inches tall.
Scientists create world's smallest snowman
12-23-2016 | 13
A team at the University of Western Ontario have managed to build a snowman a mere three microns tall.
Mystery sound heard near the Mariana Trench
VIDEO 12-18-2016 | 14
A mysterious metallic sound recorded by researchers could actually be a never-before-heard whale call.
Bleak figures show giraffes face extinction
12-8-2016 | 113
The world's tallest animal has suffered a worrying decline in numbers over the last three decades.
World's tallest tropical tree discovered
11-15-2016 | 6
A tree measuring a whopping 309ft tall has been identified alongside 49 other runners-up in Borneo.
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