Friday, 29 August 2014
Mysteries in American History
There are dozens of unexplained events and
mysteries in
American History. From ancient times to more recent
events, questions remain unanswered, crimes were never solved, strange
creatures lurk in forests and lakes, people go missing and are never
found, the government is suspected of cover-ups, and accepted written
history is often questioned. Some mysteries will, undoubtedly, never
be solved, others prompt new generations, with advanced technologies, to
search for answers; yet more, remain the subjects of intense debates.
Why did the Anasazi people abandon their
cities? What is the Moth Man? Did
Meriwether Lewis commit suicide or
was he murdered? Did the Romans explore America? What mysteries do the
Nevada and Alaska Triangles hide? Does
Bigfoot really exist? What is
the legend of Dudleytown, Connecticut? Where did the people of the
Roanoke Colony go? These, and many more mysteries will be explored in
this new section of Legends'
Mysteries in American History.
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Mysteries of the American Dollar
Did you know that an ordinary U.S. dollar bill contains many secrets?
But you'll have to study it closely to decipher its codes.
You may also be able to see random red and blue lines pressed into the paper; these are chopped silk threads. This unique paper has been specifically made by Crane and Company in Dalton, Massachusetts, since 1879. It's illegal for anyone else to make this special paper and the formula is kept top-secret.
Bermuda Triangle Mystery
So looking for the facts behind the mystery of Bermuda Triangle? More
than 1000 ships and planes have disappeared in the triangle area over
the past five centuries and continue to do so. And all these happen when
apparently there are no human errors, equipment failures or even
natural disasters. Strangely, the ships and aircraft just vanish when
everything seems to be okay. Many believe that Devil is at play here and
therefore call the area also as Devil's Triangle.
The Crystal Skulls
Gaining recent popularity with the release of the newest Indiana Jones movie, the mystery of the Crystal Skulls goes all the way back to 1881 when the first two skulls were found by Mexican mercenaries. Thirteen crystal skulls have been found throughout Central and South America. Possibly the most famous skull ever found is the Mitchel-Hedges Skull, claimed to be found by seventeen year old Anna Mitchel-Hedges while accompanying her father Frederick Albert Mitchel-Hedges on an expedition to what is now Belize. It was later revealed that Mitchel-Hedges bought the skull at an auction at Sotheby’s in London in 1943. The Mitchel-Hedges skull is unique in that it is an anatomically correct representation, complete with a removable mandible.
We May Be Living in a 2D Hologram
Operating with cutting-edge technology out of a trailer in rural
Illinois, government researchers started today on a set of experiments
that they say will help them determine whether or not you and me and
everything that exists are living in a two-dimensional holographic
universe.
It sounds completely off-the-walls insane, but the incongruities between Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and some of Max Planck's discoveries about the nature of matter can only be explained if we're living in a Matrix-style holographic illusion, according to Craig Hogan, director of the Department of Energy's Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics.
"For thousands of years, we have assumed that space is made of points and lines," he told me. "Maybe that is not right—it might be made of waves, the way that matter and energy are."
It sounds completely off-the-walls insane, but the incongruities between Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and some of Max Planck's discoveries about the nature of matter can only be explained if we're living in a Matrix-style holographic illusion, according to Craig Hogan, director of the Department of Energy's Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics.
"For thousands of years, we have assumed that space is made of points and lines," he told me. "Maybe that is not right—it might be made of waves, the way that matter and energy are."
The Mystery of Stonehenge
Built in three sections over 6,400 years by the Neolithic inhabitants of Salisbury Plain in Southern England, Stonehenge has captivated visitors for thousands of years. The site contains 30 sarcens (upright stones) weighing 26 tons and 30 lintels (horizontal top stones). Each stone weighs 6 tons and was carved from bluestone from a location several miles away. The Neolithic builders were able to create a monumental that has perplexed humanity for thousands of years using only stone tools, and without using draft animals. Even after all these years, nobody really knows why Stonehenge was built. The other mysteries surrounding Stonehenge are its construction and the significance of the giant blue stones used. Also mysterious: the people who built Stonehenge (we know very little about them because they left no written history).
The Mystery of the 'Only Camera to Come Back from the Moon'
This highly-valued Hasselblad lunar module pilot camera might have been on the moon. Photo: WestLicht-Auction.com
Space can be complicated, especially when it's up for sale.After a furious bidding war in Vienna on Saturday, a Japanese camera collector has bought a Hasselblad camera for $910,000 in a record-setting auction of what's been widely called the "only camera to come back from the moon."
But contrary to claims repeated across the Internet on Monday, this isn't the only camera to come back from the moon.
History of the Rubik's Cube
Subscriber identity module (SIM)
A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module (SIM) is an integrated circuit that securely stores the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) and the related key used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices (such as mobile phones and computers).
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