Reading Time: 2 minutes Pink Lake Western Australia is a naturally occurring phenomenon. Now oddities in the land down under are nothing new, but this particular one is fascinating, beautiful and a little mysterious. It’s siolated on an island, surrounded by trees, and sticks out like a sore thumb. Want to learn a little more about this wondrous pink lake …
Reading Time: 2 minutes A nicotine puffing caterpillar, now this can’t be true, or can it? It really is true, but the caterpillar doesn’t get nicotine from puffing on cigarettes, it puffs out nicotine. Seriously addicted smokers are no stranger to the presence of nicotine. It can appear as stains on their teeth and fingers. But these are only …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps the most famous of all UFO sightings and experiences would be that of the UFO sighting and apparent crash on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, USA on July 7, 1947. On that occasion, what has been described as an unidentified airborne object was observed by several witnesses, and this object crashed. The United …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know that there are two versions of Dennis the Menace? What’s even more amazing about there being two different versions of Dennis the Menace is that they were both published on the same day in two different countries. I’m no mathematician but I would think that the chances of that happening are extremely …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Donald Duck and towels. They seem to be quite a comical connection. No, we’re not talking about the towels that you can buy with a picture of the cantankerous duck on them. We’re talking about him wearing a towel after taking a bath or shower. As unusual as it may possibly sound, this duck that …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ants have graveyards! Those small and annoying critters that are the bane of every picnic the world over do something that very few other animals in the animal kingdom do. They have a designated spot for the deceased members of their colony to spend eternity in peace. But why do ants have graveyards? Despite being pesky, …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know that can openers were invented after cans? But why was the can opener invented after cans? It has a little to do with progression of the food preservation industry, and a lack of a real need to make opening the cans easier. In a modern world where we take so much for …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ravens and crows have funerals! How amazing is this? One would think that mourning over a lost one, in conjunction with ceremonies and rituals are only the domain of humans, but the activities of these birds turn many of our preconceived conceptions on their heads. We better clear a few things up before some people get …
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the unsinkable Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 it shook the world, but the events of the Titanic may have been unwittingly predicted fourteen years earlier. An American author of the late 19th and early 20th century by the name of Morgan Robertson, published a book called Futility in 1898 that had eerie similarities …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore’s national animal is a Merlion. Now, if you are wondering what the heck a Merlion is, well…. It’s not even a real animal. It’s yet another country that is confused between myth and reality, just like Scotland’s national animal, and North Korea’s one. At least Madison, Wisconsin could base their official bird on a real …
