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animals Doorbell cam video of snake attacking man David Pescovitz

Science Fire and brimstone: watch volcanoes emit psychedelic blue flames Andrea James

animals Man gets swallowed by hippo and lives to talk about it Seamus Bellamy

video The Mexican town where 75% of residents manufacture fireworks Andrea James

halloween Halloween Brimstone Bread Rusty Blazenhoff

media theory UK press doesn't understand chemistry or Amazon, launches bomb-making panic Cory Doctorow

makers Favorite tools of Danielle Applestone, CEO of Other Machine Co. Mark Frauenfelder

witchcraft A worldwide occult ritual for binding Donald Trump Gareth Branwyn

chemistry Livermorium – the smelliest element Mark Frauenfelder

picks Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are literally demons, says Trump ally Alex Jones of Infowars Xeni Jardin

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