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Timelapse video: Watch 6 feet of snow fall on Buffalo, NY

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Can you imagine watching 6 feet of lake effect snow fall from the sky during just one snow storm?

Well, numerous security cameras and video doorbells captured the action as snow piled up to record-breaking depths in Buffalo, New York on a cold November weekend in 2022.

Personally, I can’t even imagine trying to deal with snow that’s deeper than I am tall, but millions of New Yorkers had to do just that.  [Read more…]

Can you guess where the largest volcano in our solar system is located?

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We Earthlings are quite familiar with volcanoes since their frequent eruptions typically make the national news.

Most of us also know that an entire U.S. state (Hawaii) was created by a series of volcanic eruptions.

But guess what? Earth isn’t the only planet in the solar system that has volcanoes on it.

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Guess what? There’s actually a town where it’s illegal to die

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If you know anyone who lives in Longyearbyen (on the Norwegian island of Svalbard) you might want to tell them not to do anything too dangerous because, well…it’s illegal to die there.

Yes, you read that right. It’s been illegal to die in Longyearbyen for well over half a century.

Ever since 1950 it’s been illegal to shake off your mortal coil there.

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Video: 5 of the world’s largest trucks

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If you do a lot of driving you’ve no doubt seen a wide variety of trucks on the highways.

Everything from small pick-ups to the big rigs that deliver food and other goods to the stores can be seen most anytime and anywhere while we’re out and about on the roads.

Well, the trucks you’re going to see in today’s video aren’t just a little larger than the “big rigs”. They actually dwarf them.  [Read more…]