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  1. Aug 22

    On this day in AD 79: Mount Vesuvius began to stir on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

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  2. Aug 21

    Three specific shades of welding glass can be used to make glasses suitable for solar eclipse viewing.

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  3. Aug 21
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  6. Aug 21

    A total solar hasn't been visible across the entire United States since 1918.

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  7. Aug 21

    A total solar eclipse is essentially the same event as the Moon occulting the Sun.

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  8. Aug 20

    Damascus steel's reputation has inspired legends, such the ability to cut a hair falling across the blade.

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  9. Aug 19

    On this day in 1988: A devastating fire struck Yellowstone National Park, consuming over 150,000 acres of land.

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  10. Aug 18

    How will the universe end? A big freeze, big rip, big crunch, big bounce, or something else?

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  11. Aug 17

    Dancing mania involved up to thousands of people dancing erratically until they collapsed from exhaustion.

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  12. Aug 17

    in 1936: Margaret Hamilton, software engineer on 's Apollo space program, was born.

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  13. Aug 17

    Cosmic latte is a name assigned to the average color of the universe. You can see it below.

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  14. Aug 16

    The Hagal dune field is also called "Martian Morse Code". You might be able to guess why.

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  15. Aug 16

    A comprehensive list of chronometers carried by HMS Beagle, which brought Charles Darwin to the Galápagos and more.

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  16. Aug 16

    Antarctic expeditions in the "Heroic Age" were a feat of endurance that tested physical and mental limits.

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  17. Aug 15

    in 1891: Manila's San Sebastian Church was consecrated. It remains the only all-steel church in Asia.

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  18. Aug 15

    [cetacean needed].

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  19. Aug 15

    in 1914: The Panama Canal opened, giving ships a far shorter route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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  20. Aug 15

    The 12th century legend of two green-colored children who spoke in a language no one knew and ate only raw beans.

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