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Good evening, beautiful insomniacs, and welcome back to Nova After Dark. I’m your host, and boy, do I have a cheerful topic for you tonight. We’re talking about the 1998 Eschede train disaster in Germany—which killed 101 people—and honestly, if you want to feel better about your life choices, just knowing this happened is basically a wellness routine. So here’s the thing about trains: we all pretend they’re this miracle of modern engineering. “Oh, trains are so safe, so efficient, so German-engineered!” And then—BOOM—mechanical failure. Just like that. Which is wild because “mechanical failure” is such a polite way to say “the train decided to stop existing as a functional vehicle.” I mean, we could say that about my car, but at least when my Honda has mechanical failure, it affects me and like, maybe the guy in the parking space next to me. Not 101 people. That’s called scaling your problems. ...