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A massive space rock resembling the face of a skull will zip past Earth on Halloween. (Image: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center)
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People gather at the airline information desk at of Russian airline Kogalymavia’s desk at Pulkovo airport in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, after a Russian airliner with 217 passengers and seven crew aboard crashed. Russia's civil air agency is expected to have a news conference shortly to talk about the Russian Metrojet passenger plane that Egyptian authorities say has crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Two students were airlifted to a burn center with life-threatening injuries Friday morning after a fire broke out in chemistry class at W. T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia. (NBC 4 Washington)
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What body part was most frequently covered with lard and roasted over a fire as a torture during the Spanish Inquisition?
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What flightless bird became extinct in 1681 after being devoured by Europeans for food?
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How many people were killed in 1979 at the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster?
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A Pakistani soldier carries an injured child who was airlifted from Chitral following Monday's deadly earthquake, at Peshawar airbase in Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to hundreds. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Washington Capitals' Nicklas Backstrom, of Sweden, skates with the puck during warm ups before an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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BB-8 is the spherical, loyal Astromech Droid of the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron.
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A Pakistani boy examines a house damaged caused by massive earthquake in Mingora, the main town of Swat valley, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)
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[Brandy Station, Va. Field hospital of the 3rd Division, 2d Corps]
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Patients are brought to a hospital after severe earthquake was felt in Mingora, the main town of Pakistan Swat valley, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan rocked cities across South Asia. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)
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People stand outside their offices after a severe earthquake is felt in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan rocked cities across South Asia. Strong tremors were felt in Kabul, New Delhi and Islamabad on Monday. In the Pakistani capital, walls swayed back and forth and people poured out of office buildings in a panic, reciting verses from the Quran. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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People attend a candle light vigil for their daughter 4-year-old Lilly Garcia, who was killed earlier in the week during a road rage incident along Interstate 40, in Albuquerque, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Emergency personnel and spectators respond after a vehicle crashed into a crowd of spectators during the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, causing multiple injuries, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 in Stillwater, Oka. (David Bitton/The News Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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United Airlines has apologized after D'Arcee Neal said he was forced to crawl off a plane Tuesday night as he was traveling home from giving a talk about accessible transportation for the disabled. (NBC 4 Washington)
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge's eastbound lanes are blocked because of a multi-vehicle accident. (Image: MDTA)