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Split screen of where a small meteorite landed and in the airSound of meteorite striking Earth caught on doorbell cameraExperts from the University of Alberta believe this is the first time audio of a meteorite fall is recorded.

Two donkeys poke their head of a stable. They escaped the Pacific Palisades fire and now enjoy serenades from volunteers.Inside the Noah's Ark for LA fire rescue animals

A huge yellowish fatberg, which is about double the height of someone standing beside it in a white hazmat suitFatbergs turned into perfume - inside Britain's bizarre new industrial revolution

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