Tales of the Odd: A Dose of the Unexplained

But, let’s take a look at what Nikola Tesla — a man who died broke and alone — has actually given to the world. For better or worse, with credit or without, he changed the face of the planet in ways that perhaps no man ever has.

1. Alternating Current – This is where it all began, and what ultimately caused such a stir at the 1893 World’s Expo in Chicago.
2. Light – Of course he didn’t invent light itself, but he did invent how light can be harnessed and distributed.
3. X-rays – ...
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Just too weird,,, Squash Holds Decapitated King Louis XVI's Blood
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Someone I kno had brought up this topic of the Vril Discs,,,this article talk about then and the ties to Nazis Germany,,,

The Vril Discs
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Marine archaeologists report they have uncovered new secrets of an ancient Roman shipwreck famed for yielding an amazingly sophisticated astronomical calculator. An international survey team says the ship is twice as long as originally thought and contains many more calcified objects amid the ship’s lost cargo that hint at new discoveries.

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The wreck is best known for yielding a bronze astronomical calculator, the “Antikythera Mechanism” widely seen as the most complex device known f...
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"Figurines were thought to typically depict the female form, but our find is not only extraordinary in terms of quantity, but also quite diverse — male, female and non-gender specific ones have been found and several depict a hybrid human-bird figure," Yannis Hamilakis, co-director of the Koutroulou Magoula Archaeology and Archaeological Ethnography project, said in a statement.

"We still have a lot of work to do studying the figurines, but they should be able to give us an enormous amount o...
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A fun, short video,,,

Five Common Historical Misconceptions Explained
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I am not including this article to start any type or debate or argument, nor am I attacking an individual's faith based belief,,,BUT I am pointing out what many are attempting to get included into K-12 curriculum, which I am against as IMHO ALL mythology is just that mythology and has no place in the science classroom,,,would you want the Epic of Gilgamesh taught as evidence for the creation of man??

But I digress,,,since I hold all "religious" sacred texts to be mythology I include it here,,,...
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I wonder how one could go about doing such,,,

They're so much more fun. Here's a short list of things we could do if we brought back the Greek gods:
• Go to oracles.
• Go on quests.
• Fight monsters.
• Challenge gods to contests.
• Go to Hades and try to rescue dead loved ones.
• Dip babies in magic rivers, making them invulnerable.

Can we bring the Greek Gods back, please?
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An ambitious mission to drill through 3km (1.8 miles) of Antarctic ice to a lake that has been sealed off for thousands of years has been cut short.

The team at Lake Ellsworth decided to call off the mission in the early hours of Christmas Day UK time.

They were unable to join the main borehole with a parallel hole that was to be used to recover drilling water.

The team is now "weatherising" the equipment and it is unclear when they will be able to resume the project.

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Once back on UK soil, t...
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