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![Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, can cause widespread destruction.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TsPnnMmJ79SfjpZbVzUdgG-320-80.jpg)
13 of the biggest natural disasters in history
By Stephanie Pappas, Scott Dutfield last updated
Reference Earthquakes, hurricanes and volcanoes have taken countless lives and caused immeasurable damage throughout history.
![photo shows a common raccoon dog, which looks like a super fluffy raccoon, peering out from behind a fallen log in the woods](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vRg7UntD2Ht5PH4UYYKCse-320-80.jpg)
Raccoon dog DNA from Wuhan market supports the idea that COVID came from animals
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Newly-released genetic data suggests raccoon dogs carrying SARS-CoV-2 may have been at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in late 2019.
![An illustration of the sauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, which had a 49.5-foot-long (15.1 meters) neck, about 10 feet longer than a regular school bus.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nUhazTFiW9pHECaSv3wjdL-320-80.jpg)
Longest dinosaur neck ever stretched further than a school bus at 49 feet long
By Laura Geggel published
By comparing the few known bones of the sauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum with its relatives, experts have extrapolated its tremendous neck length.
![The roughly 3,500-year-old bone ice skates found in Xinjiang are almost exactly like prehistoric ice skates found in northern Europe.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jKbX7Mpn672mTawZCfeAFX-320-80.jpg)
Bronze Age ice skates with bone blades discovered in China
By Tom Metcalfe published
Ice skates made of bone have been unearthed from a Bronze Age tomb in western China, suggesting an ancient technological exchange between the east and west of Eurasia.
![The lower half of the toilet bowl, with connecting pipes to carry waste away.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TSN5VjSerGHWFqB394t4pc-320-80.jpg)
2,400-year-old flush toilet unearthed in China could be one of the world's oldest
By Ben Turner published
The toilet was found in the Shaanxi province's Yueyang City Ruins and was likely used by high-ranking officials during the early years of China's first unified empire.
![A U.S. fighter jet takes off from a runway in Alaska and flies toward snowy mountains](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KYffgTLkFRNQmg4pQ2betA-320-80.jpg)
Why are we seeing so many UFOs over America all of a sudden?
By Brandon Specktor published
The U.S. military shot down three unidentified objects in a single weekend. Why are America's skies so filled with UFOs all of a sudden?
![A living specimen of the new species, Sinocyclocheilus longicornus, in a laboratory tank.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUhefovqqaCFwW4jKhNreR-320-80.jpg)
Unicorn-like blind fish discovered in dark waters deep in Chinese cave
By Harry Baker published
Researchers stumbled across a bizarre species of blind cave fish with a mysterious, horn-like structure protruding from its head and a lack of scales or pigmentation.
![An artist's interpretation of what the Microraptor may have looked like while eating a rodent.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oDB3omM3366vcp2akHeAcf-320-80.jpg)
Scientists find the earliest evidence of a dinosaur eating a mammal
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Birdlike dinosaur "was not a picky eater," as evidenced by a rodent's foot found in its fossilized remains.
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