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Longest Matches in Sports History
From an 11-hour tennis match to a 33-inning baseball game and a 5-month chess championship, discover the longest matches ever played across hockey, baseball, tennis, cricket, and chess.
Megatall Skyscrapers: Ten Designs to Shape the World
From the stalled Jeddah Tower to the mind-bending X-Seed 4000, explore ten megatall skyscraper concepts that push the boundaries of human ambition and architectural possibility.
Hypothetical Stars: Exploring the Bizarre Giants That Could Exist in the Universe
From quasi-stars with black hole cores to frozen stars and iron stars trillions of years in the future, discover the bizarre hypothetical stars predicted by physics but yet to be confirmed.
Futuristic Military Tech That ACTUALLY EXISTS
From invisible tanks and ninja missiles to smart bullets and cyborg insects, discover 11 futuristic military technologies that actually exist today and are reshaping modern warfare.
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Discover three shocking conspiracy theories that turned out to be true, from Big Tobacco's Operation Berkshire to Scientology's government infiltration and South America's Operation Condor.
Tokyo's Futuristic Underground Flood System
Discover the $2.6 billion Kasukabe flood tank, a massive subterranean system protecting Tokyo's 35 million residents with tunnels, silos, and rocket-powered pumps.
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