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A lightning bolt struck the main tent pole, instantaneously killing two, gravely injuring another and knocking unconscious at least a dozen other nearby circus roustabouts and performers.
The world-famous Darwin Twine Ball, which has made the small town of Darwin, Minnesota, a destination and is the the world's largest ball of twine created by one man, was started by Francis A. Johnson 75 years ago this month.
One veteran's struggle to bring transparency to secretive UFO programs are part of the bipartisan political tide reaching highest levels of government.
This $50 painting's new owner claims 'Elimar' was in fact painted by the famous artist and is worth at least $15 million. Not everyone agrees.

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A UFO encounter at a North Dakota nuclear site prompted an Air Force captain to defy an order of silence in his search for truth.
In not showing up to the session, today’s lawmakers are following in the footsteps of a Minnesota territorial legislator named Joseph Rolette.
Lois Reiss, Andrew Sadek, Roseau Runestone, Anna Marie Korynta, the Reker sisters
The end of the 1900s brought fear that a computer glitch might down aircraft, erase bank accounts and even trigger World War III.
Cool Whip on your favorite dessert? Thank William A. Mitchell, born in Raymond, Minnesota, for his prolific career inventing convenience foods we enjoy
Legend of iconic shoes stolen from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, museum in 2005 continues to grow after 2018 FBI recovery

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Documents detail an Arabian horse in Minnesota from the Polish communist party, plans to covertly sterilize the stallion, and a possible informant in a newsroom.
Pandolfo's ill-fated Pan Motor Co. was a minor sensation in Minnesota in the early 1900s, until the dream collapsed with Pandolfo in prison.
Old questions about a mysterious object unearthed in Minnesota more than a century ago get an ancient solution.

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