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63) Fish story
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日本語
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A massive comet is five hours from crashing into Earth, impending annihilation. Everyone is doomed. Five strangers are gathered to discuss and resolve the fate of the world in a record store. The song, 'Fish Story' by a nameless '70s band can be heard playing on the record turn table. The back of the album cover reads: 'There is a silent pause during the song. It was put there by the song writers intentionally'. Does this obscure punk song contain...
64) Killer asteroids
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Learn about different kinds of asteroids.
66) Into the guns
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America rising volume 1
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On May Day, 2018, sixty meteors entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded around the globe with a force greater than a nuclear blast. Earthquakes and tsunamis followed, as China mistakenly attacked Europe, Asia, and the United States. As refugees across America band together and engage in open warfare with the military over scarce resources, a select group of individuals make a power play to rebuild the country.
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"Earth is bombarded every day by objects from space. Most of the time they're harmless. But occasionally much larger objects come along that pose a real threat. If a large asteroid or comet hit Earth, it could change life as we know it. Is there a way to stop these threats before it's too late? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists go on a fact-finding mission to learn about Near-Earth Objects and discover...
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From the Great Lakes to Iceland, the San Andreas Fault to Krakatoa, travel the globe to reveal the physical processes that have shaped some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world. With rocks as their clues and volcanoes, ice sheets, and colliding continents as their suspects, scientists launch a forensic investigation that helps visualize how the earth has evolved and formed over billions of years.
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"When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than any they've ever encountered: Mother Nature!" --
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73) Mega disasters
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Asteroid apocalypse: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine how an impact on the American west coast could spell disaster for the nation. Atlantis apocalypse: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine how another eruption of the Santorini Volcano, like the one 3,500 years ago, could affect people today.
American volcano: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine what would happen if Mt. Rainier erupted like...