6 Insane Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened America's Freak Luck During the Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway may be remembered as one of the most spectacular naval battles in history and one of the huge turning points in the Pacific theater, but it started out as a pure clusterfuck for the Americans. Despite going into battle with most of Japan's game plan in their pocket thanks to American codebreakers/Bothan spies, the U.S. Navy had little to show for it in the early hours of June 4, 1942. Just about every aircraft that took on the Japanese that day was destroyed, and all without delivering any serious damage. Where it Gets Weird: There was one squadron of American dive bombers lead by Lieutenant Commander C. His squadron started dropping like flies until, in an act of sheer luck that would make even J.K. Where it Gets Even Weirder: This winning of the lottery twice in the same day dealt the Japanese Navy's first defeat in almost 300 years, and a lopsided victory for the Americans that the Imperials never recovered from.
5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it. There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. We can't vouch for any of these, either their effectiveness or safety. #5. So you just picked up the night shift at your local McDonald's, you have class every morning at 8am and you have no idea how you're going to make it through the day without looking like a guy straight out of Dawn of the Dead, minus the blood... hopefully. "SLEEEEEEEEEP... uh... What if we told you there was a way to sleep for little more than two hours a day, and still feel more refreshed than taking a 12-hour siesta on a bed made entirely out of baby kitten fur? Holy Shit! We're pretty sure Kramer did this once on Seinfeld. How Does It Work? #4. #3. 1. 2. 3.
Naga fireballs of Mekong | Wondermondo Mysterious Naga lights rise above Mekong. Image from Tourism Authority of Thailand. Naga fireballs. W eird things are happening some 70 - 100 kilometres downstream from the Vientiane - capital of Laos. These are not some ghosts seen by occasional people and questioned by majority. Description Fireballs are observed in some 250 kilometres long sector of Mekong: approximately from Ban Muang upstreams from Vientiane down to Bung Kan. Phenomenon of Naga fireballs is not too well documented in earlier times. Although the appearance of fireballs is celebrated at certain days in October, in fact this event is not predictable. Ghostly fireballs can be seen in different times of the year but most frequent they are in late October - early November, when the long period of rains has ended and Mekong is filled with lots of fast flowing, muddy water. Balls seem to be rising out of the water (some sceptics though say that it looks more like going up in Laotian side of river). Festivity Phosphine?
6 Things Your Body Does Every Day That Science Can't Explain The human race has scaled the tallest mountains, charted the deepest oceans and played a quick front nine on the freaking moon, but there's one frontier that still largely mystifies us: our own bodies. There are everyday phenomenons you'd think must have been explained ages ago, but in reality asking these simple questions of a scientist will net you at best a shrug, and at worst some bullshit he just made up off the top of his head. The act of yawning is baffling to experts for two reasons. One, it doesn't actually seem to serve any purpose. Equally baffling, though, is the contagious nature of it. Odds are you've yawned once just because you read the word "yawn" several times above. Science's Wild-Ass Guess: Your science textbook in elementary school may have said that low oxygen levels in the blood triggered yawning, with the yawn providing a quick influx of the gas. Unfortunately, the alternatives are quite a bit more insane. Yeah, a tie, that'll do it. What the hell? "I did it?
- StumbleUpon Editor's Note: While this story has gone viral and has been picked up by the main stream media, we want to thank the brave Chinese woman who sent this to viewzone in early November and also to Haisheng Liu, who translated the text for us. With all the speculation we remind readers that the images and coordinates provided to viewzone were accompanied by an explanation. That's probably the smartest place to start. Haisheng Liu for viewzone.com I was asked to translate a recent submission to viewzone that contained the following images, taken from the google-earth program. The top of this unusual rectangle construction spans 5670 feet -- over a mile -- and the road-like structures are as much as 100 feet wide! Google now has a feature where you can view the exact location at different times in the past. As you will want to see these for yourself, the coordinates are provided. And here, at the end of the runway, antenna, symbol (whatever) is this odd thing. What we were told in the email:
6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain We like to feel superior to the people who lived centuries ago, what with their shitty mud huts and curing colds by drilling a hole in their skulls. But we have to give them credit: They left behind some artifacts that have left the smartest of modern scientists scratching their heads. For instance, you have the following enigmas that we believe were created for no other purpose than to fuck with future generations. The Voynich Manuscript The Mystery: The Voynich manuscript is an ancient book that has thwarted all attempts at deciphering its contents. It appears to be a real language--just one that nobody has seen before. Translation: "...and when you get her to put the tennis racket in her mouth, have her stand in a fountain for a while. There is not even a consensus on who wrote it, or even when it was written. Why Can't They Solve It? Could you? Don't even try. As you can imagine, proposed solutions have been all over the board, from reasonable to completely clownshit. Our Guess:
5 Mental Disorders That Only Occur in One Place on Earth What's awesome about crazy people is they always find ways to surprise us. And there might not be anything stranger in the world of mental illness than culture-bound syndromes. These are specific, and incredibly bizarre, forms of insanity that only happen in certain countries or cultures, for reasons that often leave experts baffled. Such as... #5. Wendigo Psychosis: Normal Folks in a Man-Eating Frenzy The Wendigo is a mythical monster that is featured in the folklore of some northern Native American and Canadian tribes. Pre-Rice Vampires. Now that we've cleared up what a true Wendigo is, you might be wondering in terror what exactly "Wendigo Psychosis" entails, and if you're not, you should probably start right about now. It's when a person becomes convinced that they are a Wendigo... most prominently marked by an intense craving for human flesh. What? That's the best guess as to where Wendigo Psychosis comes in. #4. Guess what he's doing right now. #3.
7 Awesome Acts of Nature (That Science Can't Explain) We may look down on all the primitive peoples who are confused by lightning and think thunder is the voice of the gods, but the truth is to this very day there are natural phenomena that our scientists still don't being to understand. We're talking about events that are witnessed by thousands, photographed, well-documented and yet are utterly baffling. Such as... What would you do if you were walking along a tropical river at night and it suddenly began burping up egg-sized balls of red light? "'Weird as shit,' I said, I don't understand what other questions you could have." What happens is this: starting under water, tens to thousands of glowing red lights are seen rising out from the bottom of the river, then lifting hundreds of feet into the sky before disappearing. It literally appears that the river is spitting out flaming M&Ms. So, What do the Smart People Think is Happening? Or a ballistic space dildo. Blue Jets and Red Sprites So, What Do the Smart People Think is Happening?
Top 15 Strangest Coincidences Top 15 Strangest Coincidences Published on 4/17/2006 It was written Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910. LifeBoth presidents had 7 letters in their last name. 5 Baffling Discoveries That Prove History Books Are Wrong #2. A Norse Coin in Maine Wikipedia Imagine it's 1957 and you're on an archaeology dig in Maine. The Find: It actually took 21 years for anyone to pay attention to the coin that looked like a half-eaten Oreo ... state.mePrenibbled for the best filling-to-cookie ratio. ... but when they did, the evidence was pretty conclusive. norsegods247"Dammit, Thor, I told you not to flip that coin. One lone Scandinavian coin among tens of thousands of American Indian relics. #1. Wikipedia We're starting to think aliens knew what they were doing when they totally and for real landed in New Mexico all those years ago. Getty"Aw, my Etsy store sucks." Case in point: Tucked into New Mexico is one tribe of Native Americans who happen to speak a language unlike any around them. OK, maybe the Zuni people aren't speaking Japanese-Japanese, but there are enough similarities between the two languages that a few experts are spooked. loc.govThe word for "cosplay" is "You're an embarrassment to your culture."
10 Creepy Mysteries You Haven't Heard Of Mysteries We have had numerous mystery lists in the past, but, due to a recent question I asked on the Listverse fanpage on facebook, I decided to put together a new one. This list covers mysteries that are, hopefully, not well known to most of you (but including one previously published item with updated information), and ones that have something creepy about them. I hope you enjoy the list and be sure to mention other creepy mysteries in the comments. In 1930, aged 4, Shanti Deva from Delhi, India, told her parents that she had once lived in a place called Muttra (now known as Mathura), that she had been a mother of three, who died in childbirth, and that her previous name was Ludgi. In 2008, a creepy gnome was caught on film in Argentina. He said: “We were chatting about our last fishing trip. Other locals have since come forward to say they have spotted the gnome, and the town has been covered in a pall of fear ever since the first sighting. Some believe that the bridge is haunted.