10 Hoag’s Object Hoag’s Object almost looks like two distinct galaxies, with its bright yellow cluster of stars at the center and a blue ring of stars separated from the cluster by a large void of space. But no, this is one galaxy, much the same way Saturn is one planet and not a planet with a ring-shaped planet around it. When tasked with solving the problem of how Hoag’s object was formed, science came up with a resounding “what?...
10 Estes Park, Colorado Estes Park, Colorado, seems like nothing special at first sight, but if you ever plan to visit, don’t stay in one of the city’s countless haunted hotels. Apart from the Baldpate Inn, which is said to house the ghosts of its founders, Estes Park’s most famous haunted hotel is the Stanley Hotel. A beautiful hotel with a view of the Rocky Mountains, it helped to inspire Stephen King’s novel, The Shining....
To this day, the mystery is still not fully solved. No one truly knows just how it was done. But there have been plenty of explanations given, and we will examine the top 10 most plausible construction theories of the Great Pyramids. 10 Ancient Machines/Cranes Naturally, the first thought that pops into our minds when we think of constructing a building is the use of cranes to lift and carry heavy pieces of metal or stone....
10 Johannes Heesters Dutch-born German singer and actor Johannes Heesters was one of Nazi Germany’s most beloved entertainers, popular with both the masses and the Nazi party elite. His role was to boost troop morale and to create the illusion of happiness for the population in the midst of world war. He performed for Adolf Hitler as well as German troops, and most controversially, he’s been alleged to have performed for the guards at the concentration camp in Dachau....
10The Talking Mouse Mystery Stuart Little, the talking mouse created by E.B. White for a children’s book that was later adapted into a movie, helped to solve the mystery of a Hungarian masterpiece that had been missing for over 80 years in the real world. The Robert Bereny avant-garde work is called Sleeping Lady with Black Vase. A black-and-white photo from a 1928 exhibition was the most recent public evidence of its existence....
10Above All that’s known about the street artist Above is that he’s in his mid-twenties and is a native of Northern California. He doesn’t do shows, doesn’t sell his work online, and he doesn’t even have a permanent address—perhaps because a lot of his art is done, exhibited, and installed rather illegally. If you want to see his work, you’ll have to take a few minutes out of your day and look up....
10 Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphrey Gilbert was a man with a passion—to annoy the Spanish. It was this desire that led to a request to Queen Elizabeth I of England, detailed in the 1577 document “How Her Majesty May Annoy the King of Spain.” He wanted to go to the New World (under the pretense of setting up a colony) to attack the Spanish fleet. It worked, and in 1578, he was granted a letter of patent to explore and colonize North America....
10 A Doctor Encourages A Patient To Commit Suicide Dr. Arun Singhal was a general physician at a hospital in Liverpool, England. In May 2011, he consulted on a case of a distraught woman who was on antidepressants. The woman, referred to as “Patient A,” was a witness for the prosecution in a rape case. After discovering that she lived close to the rape suspect’s brother, Patient A called Singhal for a sick note to absolve her from taking the stand....
“This Pangram contains four a’s, one b, two c’s, one d, thirty e’s, six f’s, five g’s, seven h’s, eleven i’s, one j, one k, two l’s, two m’s, eighteen n’s, fifteen o’s, two p’s, one q, five r’s, twenty-seven s’s, eighteen t’s, two u’s, seven v’s, eight w’s, two x’s, three y’s, & one z.” (183 Letters, English) Means: Pretty straightforward, it addresses all the letters in the sentence, even the ones that wouldn’t be there, if the whole alphabet hadn’t been mentioned....
10He Collected Little Girls In his later years, Twain found himself lonely and without any family to fill his home. His wife had died and his surviving daughter was touring Europe on a singing tour. According to Twain, he was of grandfather age but without any grandchildren. So, being Mark Twain, he decided to get some. In Twain’s own words, he started collecting pets—young girls to be his surrogate granddaughters. Twain had been making trips to Bermuda....
SEE ALSO: 10 Ways The Internet Is Destroying You That’s only on the surface, though, as it also has many things you’d only run into if you knew what to look for. Anyone who has explored the furthest edges of the Internet knows that it’s a weird and unsettling world out there. Even the most ardent explorers, however, may not have heard of some of these creepiest corners of the web, and we’re here to fix that....
10The Oldest Prehistoric Rock Art 290,000–700,000 B.C. The oldest examples of prehistoric rock art found to date are a form of pictograph that archaeologists call “cupules” (cup-marks), which are sometimes accompanied with linear carved grooves. Cupules are depressions carved into both horizontal and vertical rock, often arranged systematically into rows or columns. They are found on every continent and throughout several time periods. Some aboriginal cultures, such as those of Central Australia for example, still use them today....
Now of course, that’s not to say that these people are wrong. After all, many ideas considered unrealistic and incompatible with working society are now commonplace, one of the biggest examples being abolition of slavery. The ideas in this list aren’t here because they are “wrong” but simply because they fly in the face of what people are conditioned to today. Although as you will notice, some ideologies here are just… Blatantly wrong on every possible level....
We examine quite a few mysteries this week. Some involve priceless art, others involve animatronic sharks, and some are extraterrestrial in nature. We also look at some of the quirky ways people spend their free time, such as setting domino records, attending concerts, or lifting really, really heavy things. 10 The Art Heist Mystery In 2017, 81-year-old Rita Alter passed away at her ranch in the small community of Cliff, New Mexico....
We enter the world of crime this week. We learn about inept robbers who get foiled by a bong and a pothead who gets busted by her own toddler. We also discover that if you want to murder your husband, you probably shouldn’t write an essay on the topic and post it online beforehand. In the animal world, we learn about curious amphipods that kidnap other creatures to help them ward off their own predators....
10 Office Of Investigations Of Anomalous Aerial PhenomenaPeru First located in Lima’s middle-class suburb of Miraflores, the OIFAA was relatively open to the media, the public, and civilian UFOlogists. Air Force Commander Julio Cesar Chamorro recounted that the Office once received a call about UFOs from rural farmers. Rather than fearing imminent invasion, the farmers were requesting the government intervene to prevent the UFOs and their occupants from spooking their livestock....
Unfortunately, their enthusiasm often ran away with them, and their disregard for health and safety often led to disaster. Here, we look at some of the ways the average person from the Victorian era through the early 20th century may have killed himself while enjoying the benefits of scientific and technological progress. 10 Going To The Bathroom Visiting the bathroom shouldn’t be a dangerous undertaking. However, the Victorians had a number of perils to contend with....
10Pharabe ‘Febb’ Burn In August 1920, Febb Burn—a mother of four who managed a farm in Mouse Creek, Tennessee—was thinking about local politics. Her 24-year-old son, Harry, was a representative in the Tennessee General Assembly, and he was about to vote on the 19th Amendment. If Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment, women would be granted the legal right to vote. If Tennessee vetoed the amendment, as several states already had, women might have to wait years before the issue could be brought up again....
With accusations of suicides covering up murder to discreet poisons to imitate a natural death, some of these claims are darkly interesting, if admittedly speculative. Here are ten such cases. 10 Ron Rummel – Too Close to the Truth? Without a doubt, one of the most controversial deaths on our list is that of Ron Rummel. Rummel had a background as an Air Force intelligence agent. What’s more, in the years leading to his death, he was the publisher of the magazine Alien Digest....
But life can be unfair, and sometimes, no good deed goes unpunished. Here are 10 stories of people who died while trying to save a dog, but it happens far more often than anyone might imagine. 10 David Allen Kirwan It was summer 1981 in Yellowstone National Park. David Allen Kirwan and his friend Ronald Ratliff were two men in their twenties visiting the park together. Ronald’s large dog, a Great Dane named “Moosie,” was with them....
