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Did you know that Minnesota and Wisconsin both had multiple missile sites or silos armed with Nuclear warheads? Some still sit abandoned today.

News broke this morning of a meteor exploding in the sky over the Chelyabinsk region in the Ural Mountains of Russia. Since then, numerous amateur videos have hit the internet showing the explosion and thunderous roar of the event.

On what seemed like a normal Friday morning in the Chelyabinsk region of South Central Russia, the unexpected happened. A large meteor streaked across the sky, exploding in the atmosphere, and unleashing an intense flash and thunderous explosion. We have a collection of videos from the explosion and updated injury and damage details after the jump.

After the explosion of a meteor over the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, many who don't know Russian geography may be asking where the meteor exploded.

Sometimes life can feel like a big ol' pile of crap. Thankfully, there are those rare situations when crap can be turned into something fairly useful. This is one of those times. Sort of.

Hold on to your hats...and your stomach too. Presenting the Worlds Sketchiest Amusement Park Ride Ever! Notice the giant trees lurking in the background? An amusement park in the woods? Yep, In Russia of all places. While you watch the beginning of the video it looks like any other ride, but wait until you see it bend and swoon...

Since I don't speak Russian I am not sure what exactly this is for, but having experienced water up the nose when I have been swimming, I would think this would be a tad painful. I had no idea that the Russian's were so obsessed with clean noses...