National Disasters
It’s basically designed to keep top officials safe during times of crises, mainly natural disasters. The center was brought to light when a plane crashed near the base and the Washington Post found it.
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The More You Know
- Two Scottish doctors originally invented the chainsaw for childbirth.
- A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
- The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
- Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.