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 * ...that nearly 10 years before the 2008 Atlanta Tornado, the Dunwoody Tornado (pictured) caused significant damage just outside the city limits?
 * ...that the Lorain-Sandusky tornado was both the deadliest tornado and part of the deadliest tornado outbreak in Ohio history?
 * ...that Cyclone Gamede in February 2007 was among the wettest tropical cyclones on record, dropping more than 5.5 m (18 ft) in a nine day period on Réunion island?
 * ...that in Madagascar and Mozambique, Cyclone Jokwe killed 16 people, left at least 55400 homeless, and destroyed nearly 10000 houses?
 * ...that following the Cambrian explosion, about 535 mya, there have been five mass extinctions?
 * ... that geophysical methods have been used to look for the palace of Cleopatra?

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