José Meiffret: The Cyclist Who Chased Cars
On July 19 1962 drivers on the Autobahn near Friedberg in Germany saw a cyclist riding behind a specially prepared Mercedes 300 SL.
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On July 19 1962 drivers on the Autobahn near Friedberg in Germany saw a cyclist riding behind a specially prepared Mercedes 300 SL.
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Visitors who enter the Pantheon pass through a set of immense bronze doors.
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If you have been to an Australian sporting event, you have likely seen the boxing kangaroo.
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In early October 2025, volunteers working with the Dogs of Chernobyl program captured photos of something unusual.
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High on cliff faces in parts of China, the Philippines, and Indonesia, wooden coffins sit in places where burials seem impossible.
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On the morning of 21 July 1918 residents of Orleans, Massachusetts heard distant thumps beyond the shoreline.
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In September 1987, a radiotherapy unit sat abandoned in a partially demolished building in Goiânia, Brazil.
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In the mid nineteenth century, a French neurologist in Paris carried out unusual experiments that drew the attention of physicians, artists, and later Charles Darwin.
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In July 1936 the Spanish Civil War began. The Bank of Spain held about 635 tonnes of gold in vaults at Madrid.
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In the early 1800s, travelers heading north from Charleston, South Carolina, often stopped at roadside inns for food and rest.
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