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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
RĂ©union
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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