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How Does It Start Raining Animals?

How Does It Start Raining Animals?

The simplest theory on how frogs and fishes get into the sky and then come down again is that they are picked up by wind. Nobody has actually seen this happen, but it seems reasonable as a theory. Waterspouts and tornadoes are actually able to pick up all sorts of objects and carry...
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Who Was Charles Fort?

Who Was Charles Fort?

Charles Fort visited libraries all over the world collecting data on strange events. His name is most commonly associated with rare phenomena like frogs or fish falling from the sky but he collected reports of all kinds of things that he felt scientists were not looking at honestly. It is not always obvious when Fort...
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