When a commercial airliner unexpectedly drops from severe clear air turbulence, who suffers the worst injuries?

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What dangerous modern convenience actually increases a driver's braking reaction time by over a full second?

Highest paved international road in the world is nestled in the mountains of Bolivia and is so fundamentally terrifying it claims dozens of vehicles a year.

Soviet Union once built a plane so massive it could carry multiple tanks—The Antonov An-225.

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