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Two extreme lightning bolts have broken records for duration and distance. A lightning bolt that lit up the sky over Argentina on March 4, 2019 lasted 16.73 seconds, which is more than double the previous record, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s announcement Thursday. A different lightning strike on October …

Yesterday, Disneyland Resort announced that it will not reopen its theme parks on July 17 as it had originally proposed. The complex was slated to reopen sixty-five years to the date after Disneyland Park’s historic opening, but due to increased COVID-19 cases (and government regulations) it had to postpone the …

Almost a month after revealing that her adoptive son Huxley had been placed with a new family, YouTuber Myka Stauffer broke her silence to apologize on social media, according to People magazine. Stauffer apologized for the “fuss” and wrote that she takes “full responsibility for all the damage I have …

Scientists studying the lost continent of Zealandia have produced a series of detailed maps showing the continent sitting below the surface of the ocean. Zealandia is a huge underwater land mass below present-day New Zealand. The continent, if it were above sea level, would multiply the size of New Zealand …

Sammy Hagar says that he is willing to die, and that others die too, so that the economy returns to normal. In that sense, he says he would be willing to play at a concert even before there is a COVID-19 shot, “if it’s declining and appears to be fading,” …