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LIST OF BIZZARE

THINGS IN THE WORLD(and you will be surprise!!)
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Top 10 Unfortunate Produ t Na!e"Marketers do a great job of convincing us to buy stuff (often stuff we dont need) - butthrough the annals of history they have occasionally gotten things wrong. This is a list of

the ten most unfortunately named products.!. "ii

This has to be included - perhaps the people that devised the name are not familiar withthe fact that #ritish $nglish speakers (including most of the %ommonwealth) refer tourine as &wee' - for e ample &*oh - + am busting for a wee,' $very time someonementions a "ii + think of a wee. %ra y, & ets play with our wii' really takes on a wholenew meaning when you speak #ritish $nglish.

/. $lephant #eautiful #alls

0s The eader in +nnovative #illiards1 $lephant #alls1 td. ($# ) offers a full range of billiard merchandise for the enthusiast at every level. 2rom high 3uality pool tables andfurniture to the most uni3ue ball sets and effective training tools in the world1 we have the
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perfect gift for even the person who has everything. 4*f course - who the hell has$lephant balls5, *h - well1 e cept that +nternet Meme s3uirrel that was passed around awhile back.6

7. 8ray 9oupon

8rey 9oupon is a :ijon mustard now made by ;raft 2oods. +t is currently the best-selling:ijon-style mustard in the . =ars

This drink1 made by 8olden %ircle unfortunately shares its name with the =0?= (=evereacute respiratory syndrome) virus. There have been two pandemics of =0?= reported inrecent years. The drink is sarsaparilla flavored and is sold in all @ew Aealandsupermarkets (and maybe in other countries where 8olden %ircle products are found).
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B. Cussipussi

0n &interesting' bread product by 2innish company primula. 2rankly - + am speechless.

D. ;agome

2ounded in 7// by +chitaro ;anie1 a Capanese pioneer in tomato cultivation1 ;agomehas grown to become the largest producer of Capanese tomato products and a major producer of other fruit and vegetable foods.


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@eed an mpF player but dont like the 0pple range of i9ods5 ook no further than8erman companyTrekstor who produce the +.beat #la . 0t the time of publishing thisarticle1 Trekstor have renamed the black edition of the +.beat to just la ' - + wonderwhy.

F. Gagisil

Gagisil is a full line of feminine hygiene products made by %ombe +ncorporated. +n H!!>1Gagisil introduced the Gagisil =creening ;it. 0t least they get straight to the point + guess.

H. 0nusol
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H. The %rooked Jouse 9oland

F. The %astle Jouse :ominican ?epublic
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E. The :og Jouse


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KB. The "T2 Jouse . The Jovercraft Jouse


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7. The ;ettle Jouse


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!. The =a ophone Jouse


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H. The #oot Jouse


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E. 0nother


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B. The Thin Jouse . The opsided Jouse Capan
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7. 0nother :ome Jouse 0ustralia

/. The og Jouse ?ussia
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H!. 9alacio de las 0rtes =pain
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H . The Mushroom Jouse


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HE. The %ra y Jouse Gietnam

HD. The Joled Jouse


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Top 10 B%&arre )o''e t%*'e"=ince the ancient days of humanity as hunters and collectors1 we have had a fascinationwith groups of similar objects. "hile these objects are generally 3uite normal - cards1stamps1 coins1 oftentimes they are strange - or downright bi arre. This is a list of the top

! bi arre collectibles.

!. Jubcaps L icense 9lates

+t seems that the two go hand in hand1 and that this collection of rusted and otherwiseuseless car parts can get way out of hand. +magine towering stacks of meticulously placedhubcaps and entire garage walls embla oned with license plates from the world over1 andyou have your car enthusiasts dream workshop. 2or some reason1 be it nostalgia or justanother psychotic compulsion1 some people just love the idea of having more hubcapsthan necessary. icense plates1 okay maybe1 but hubcaps5 "hy5
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/. @ewspapers

*ften called hoarding1 or newspaper s3ualor1 many people have the compulsive urge tosave up unread papers or maga ines in the hopes of reading them some day. Ies1 + have aM0: maga ine collection and many have comic books1 but those are generally baggedand boarded and kept neatly filed in a bo or something. *h1 and some folks have a nicelittle stack of M0N+M or 9 0I#*I for bathroom perusing1 but most of these folksdont have towering stacks along every wall and corner of the home. 0s it turns out1 masscollections of such fire-ha ardous reading materials can be particularly deadly and have1in the past1 trapped people under collapsing piles and even caused fatal fires. #e carefulwith your papers,

7. :uct Tape
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Though still bi arre1 collecting duct tape has become more common of late sincesomeone discovered its use in making all sorts of fun crafts. Iou can1 with minimalfolding and swearing1 create wallets1 purses1 small bags1 belt1 hats1 and apparently1 entoutfits made from rolls upon rolls of the multi-colored adhesive. @ow everyones favoritemispronounced tape (duck tape) can be worn or collected.

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:aisy ?andone (#rittany Murphy in 8irl1 +nterrupted) ate nothing but rotisserie chickenfrom her fathers restaurant. 8ranted1 she was in a mental ward at the time1 during whichshe amassed 3uite the collection of mostly-eaten bones from said meals under her bed. +twas only the smell that alerted the others to her filthy situation. =trangely1 this is not justa Jollywood concept. 0s it turns out1 there are people obsessed with a specific taste and

smell of a food1 who will go to great lengths to guard it1 regardless of the fact that it ishalf-eaten and prone to rot. The neurological phenomenon is classified as hoarding or the bi arre desire to want to collect useless things.

B. :ead 0nimals
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Jere is an e cerpt from the =an 2rancisco %hronicle about a woman who collects animalsfor a living

&0s a kid growing up in *akland1 @ancy Galente had one reaction to the idea of a deadanimal &$eeuuuw,' @ow friends call her up and say1 &+ saw something dead on the road

and thought of you.' &:id you pick it up5' is Galentes comeback. &+ts a standard joke1'says Galente1 known as &?oadkill @ancy' among local park rangers who are used to theMill Galley ooarchaeologists unconventional ways of adding to her impressivecollection of animal bones. &+m the bone lady1' says Galente1 B>. &+ dont know why +like them so much. + have a lot of them around the house1 like the elk skull with a wholerack of antlers. +d love to show it to people1 but + cant even put it in my car.'

2or years1 Galentes cheery mi of nature and the macabre thrilled kids and grossed-out parents at the Marin Jeadlands Gisitors %enter with ones1 #ones1 #ones1' her monthly presentation of bones and skins of local animals. Galente has now moved her program toMuir "ood @ational Monument1 and is also venturing into the $ast #ay.

D. =pit

Ies1 there is a whole club of people who collect spit and enjoy doing it. There is reallynothing else that can be said on this - the sooner we move to item E the better.it

E. =kulls

+n Me ico1 many religious celebrations relating to the dead involve the e tensive use ofskulls. These are normally very old skulls - often kept in crypts full of old bones.Jowever1 the collecting of skulls is also occasionally found outside of religious circles.The %hicago =un Times reported this in May H!!>
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&+t certainly seemed suspicious O a skull boiling in a pot of water on the stove. That wasthe ghoulish report %hicago 9olice received Tuesday night when they were summoned toa #ucktown apartment in the H !! block of @orth :amen. =ure enough1 police foundfour human skulls1 as the witness reported. #ut by "ednesday detectives had determinedthis was a legal case of bone collecting. Theres a market O a legal market O for bones1

and + import and sell bones for medical research' on the auction "eb site e#ay1 said HB-year-old #rian =loan.'

F. #oogers

=trangely1 some people do collect these. *ne #aron Gon;lyf posted this on :ave #errys

website blog in H!!B& eetieP + would donate a good rare and interesting booger for your collection1 but +seem to have misplaced it under a table at Mc:onalds. +f anyone finds it1 please forwardit to eetie for her collection. Thanks. *h1 and thanks nannie for your random thought. +thas been added to the collection.'

To some1 booger collecting is revolting1 but to a few1 it is just another hobby. Many people1 after successfully rooting through their noses will randomly wipe their foundtreasures wherever they can find a conveniently discreet spot. 0nd then there are thosefolks who have a specifically designated location for their nose discoveries.

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ets kick this one off with an e cerpt from The Jarvard %rimson (found in the Jarvardibrary) on @ovember F H!!D

& angdells curator of rare books and manuscripts1 :avid 2erris1 says of his librarysman-bound holding &"e are reluctant to have it become an object of fascination.' #utthe =panish law book1 which dates back to B!D1 may become just that.0ccessible in the librarys $lihu ?eading ?oom1 the book1 entitled &9racticarum3uaestionum circa leges regiasP1' looks old but otherwise ordinary. :elicate1 stiff1 andwith wrinkled edges1 the skins coloring is a subdued yellow1 with sporadic brown and black splotches like an old banana. The skin is not covered in hair or marked by tattoosO e cept for a &Jarvard aw ibrary' branding on its spine. @othing about it shouts&human flesh' to the untrained eye.'

Jowever collecting skin is not just for the discriminating bookbinder anymore. Many people collect bits of their own flesh for pleasure. Cust something a bit wrong with that.

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The collection that stares back at you. + guess to some that would be appealing enough towant to amass a big bunch of eyeballs. =lightly rounded objects resembling eyeballs haveappeared in many gift shops1 vending machines1 and even on websites devoted to the sole purchasing of ocular memorabilia. Iou can find pillows1 serving bowls1 %hristmas Treelights1 gum balls1 and pajamas all with images of eyeballs. *nce you have made the leap

into the more macabre and outlandish1 why not collect the real thing5 There are peopleknown to collect real human eyeballs and1 lest they deflate1 or become dried out andunappealing1 one must keep them in a jar of formaldehyde. @ow that is dedication.

=o go out and find something fun to collect,

Top 10 B%&arre )off%n"&@othing is certain but death and ta es' - so goes the old saying1 and it is1 indeed true(unless you are lucky enough to live in a ta haven,) This list deals with the first bit -

death. "hen we die1 most of us end up in a coffin or casket. 2or the average person this isa fairly uneventful wooden bo with handles - but not for everyone. Jere are ten bi arrecoffins for those who like to1 well1 &die' on the wild side,

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want to be there when it happens. $ven more so if my relatives had planned to do a2aberge on me. $ggsactly,

/+f Ioure @ot %hickenP

=o1 what did come first1 the chicken or the egg5 +n this case1 the chicken. =lightly strangecoffins have been all the rage for an age in 8hana1 and this is a prime e ample of theirstyle. 9erhaps too much white meat is bad for you after all1 and you know what they saythe first symptom of heart disease can be 3uite irritating - sudden death.

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@othing goes better with a little lightly grilled chicken breast than a glass of fragrantchardonnay. "homever this coffin was designed for obviously had a love of the tipple1and was probably popular in life as they were in death. *r so it is hoped1 and let us hopethat lots of people said a great many lovely things about them at their funeral. +ts just sadthat they will have missed it by a few days.

>Jigh as a ;ite

9erhaps the coffin was designed for a person that liked kite flying. 9erhaps it saidsomething about their intake of certain illegal substances. "ho can say5 0t least this person lived in hope that after their demise they would be uplifted1 as it were. + woulde pect this to be the coffin of an agnostic1 who perhaps ordered this so that he who mayor may not e ist could lend a helping hand if he only1 you know1 kinda e isted.

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*h1 the shark has pretty teeth dear1 and he shows them1 pearly white. *r so goes the oldsong1 even though this shark looks as if it didnt keep his dental insurance up to date. =o1who would get buried in this5 0 fisherman5 0 mafia godfather5 %hurchill once said thathe was ready to meet his maker. Je just wondered if his maker was ready to meet him.:itto the great creator if (s)he comes across this chap before he pops out of his coffin,

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"hen some people decide that there is no use living if they have to be good1 theyinvariably die young. This coffin perhaps indicates that the person was good at somethingat least1 in a #illy $lliott kind of way. This reminds me of a joke. :o you know what ballet is adored by s3uirrels the world over5 "hy1 The @utcracker of course, @ow1 whatwas that joke1 + seem to have forgotten. 0ngelina Colie certainly wont be buried in this

one. =he once said that when she saw other little girls longing to be ballet dancers1 shewanted to be a vampire.

F*ne 2or the Gampires5

"ell1 one thing you can say about vampires is that death becomes them. + can imagineestat taking a fancy to this little number1 then becoming bored with it and possiblygoing for something 3uite different again. This looks like a small coffin1 though. 9erhapsit was made for a vampire child who hadnt been taught not to run with wooden stakes.*ne more thing if :racula cant see his own reflection in the mirror1 why is it that hishair is always so immaculate5

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This is another one from those whacky 8hanaians. *ne can only hope that the personwho ordered this coffin just grew them for a living. *r perhaps his relatives bought it posthumously as an ironic au revoir to him and his proclivities. *r perhaps1 as =heridanonce said1 he (or she) was the very pineapple of politeness. "hatever that means.

?ock 0nd ?oll ives, "ell1 Maybe @ot.


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*ne can only hope that it is the base of this guitar-shaped coffin in which the intended issupposed to lie1 and not the whole thing. "hether by accident or by nature1 this personwould have to have been giraffe-man in order to make a proper fit. :ecca records1 whenthey refused to sign the #eatles1 said that they didnt like the sound of the nascent supergroup and that the guitar was on its way out. To be replaced by what e actly5 Thestylophone5 9erhaps ?olf Jarris can have one made in that particular shape when heclimbs his very own stairway to heaven,

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Ies - it is true - you can actually buy a can of real uranium, 0ccording to 0ma on1 theuranium sample is for &educational and scientific use only' so please dont buy this product if you have any other plans in mind. The ist


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The Theory The theory is by using certain objects such as a candle1 a dagger and a widevariety of things you can bend the universe to your will completely ignoring the laws of physics and the practical laws of the universe.

The facts Many people claim that they can use such powers as summoning demons1angels or other things and the **#$ or out of body e perience under laboratoryconditions but no one has been able to prove it so far. There are incidents that do defylogical e planations1 such as some peoples claims of using the *uija board1 though sincenone of these events can be proven it is very weak evidence.

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The Theory This has to be one of the most outlandish theories ever brought forth1 it isclaimed most famously by :avid +cke but as well by several others. +t states that the royalfamily of #ritain1 9resident #ushs family as well as many other higher ups are actuallyaliens that are here to secretly take over earth1 feeding off of humans to maintain their&human form'.

The facts Most of the theorists proof consists of enhanced photos of people such as Mr.#ush with reptile looking eyes1 though they have come forth with many other forms of proof such as videos and other reptile aspects of the reptoids here on earth. The videos all brought forth have been proven fake or are so obviously fake no one has wasted time andresources to look into it.

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The Theory The theory here is that the early Middle 0ges never e isted and we have been counting the earth almost H!! years older than it actually is.

The facts "ell1 there is no solid way to prove or disprove it1 since the very theory saysthe carbon dating of this age is flawed. They also claim the written test from that era is aforgery from people of that era. Though they have not put forth a reason why and there isno solid evidence from them to prove this theory since the basis of their theory stops usfrom being able to scientifically prove they are wrong. +t is a matter of who believeswhat1 though the evidence does seem to be stronger for the side against the Middle 0gesnot e isting. =ince all this theory says is that the carbon dating is incorrect and thewritings are forgeries though we have an almost perfect time line with the carbon datingwe use1 we can almost cast this one aside without proof.

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The Theory The theory is the @a is were much farther ahead than technology wouldallow them to be at the time. +t ranges wildly but one of the most popular versions is thatthe @a is landed on the moon as early as /EH and established a moon base on the darkside of the moon. They also had establishments with at least half a do en aliencivili ations1 and that the remaining @a is remain on the moon to this day.

The facts There are so many holes in this Theory1 for e ample most skeptics believe thatwe havent had any contact at all with aliens as of yet1 as well the dark side of the moonis free ing1 they would need ama ing machinery to accomplish living there. They wouldneed a way to renew all their resourcesS this could be e plained by growing plants forfood and air. #ut they would also need an energy source of some kind1 which there wouldhave to be one not yet discovered by us back here on earth.

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The Theory The theory is the earth is actually hollow and is not filled with magma. +tranges from there being several layered shells on the inside (usually four) to the insidehaving ground like ours1 with 7!! miles of crust between us and them1 most peopleusually say there is also an inner sun.

The facts Though this is not 3uite as insane or as impossible as the others it is still highlyunlikely. "e dont know for sure whats under our earths crust but this theory completelyforgets to mention where the magma that erupts from volcanoes comes from if the earthis hollow. 0s well1 the inner sun would pose numerous problems such as the innerinhabitants most likely being sucked into its gravity or caught in solar flares from it. Thistheory is often supported by the fact that it is impossible to search the bottom of the0rctic currently for it. There is also a castle in $urope with defenses set to defend againstan attack from the inside out. =ince the hole to the inner earth is under a chapel in thecastle1 that would involve taking down the castle to check this theory1 the owners wontallow this1 many often use this as proof. @ote sometimes this and number > have beenmi ed together1 saying the remaining @a is fled to the inner earth.

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The theory The theory here is that Mars is already being terraformed behind our backs by groups such as @0=0 and the $=01 it is a fairly new claim and is supported only byspeculation and a few pictures.

The facts 2irst off the price1 it seems almost no theorist takes price into account whenthey come up with these ideas1 @0=0 is already having trouble as it is keepingthemselves funded. The price of bringing something to Mars that could terraform itwould cost billions1 possibly even trillions. The computer technology re3uired to makesure it did every little thing right would cost even more. @ot to mention the time1 it takesa ander to get to Mars from earth so something that big would take years to get thereand might not even work when it did. *ur best bet for terraforming Mars at the momentis to take prehistoric microbes that feed off carbon dio ide and others gases and let themform Mars in the same way scientists think they formed earth. *f course this in itselfwould take millions of years1 at the present there seems no way to terraform Mars and noreason to.

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The Theory The theory is that using your mind to think positive and encourage yourselfand others to feel better really helps and can replace medicine.

The facts =adly this is believed by many people1 and though it certainly cant hurt for thecommon cold1 since rest and rela ation are the best things for it after all. 2or more seriousdiseases people who really believe in this may not go to a doctor1 and as such they candamage their body1 or even kill themselves. This is no more effective than prayer whichwhen it does seem to work can be e plained away as coincidence. Many people actuallydo believe in it and luckily for some of them the placebo effect makes a majorappearance1 since they think their getting better1 their bodies get stronger and they dosometimes pull through.

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The Theory "e each have seven chakras going down from the top of our head to ourfeet1 they can be used for a variety of things and awakening one can usually help youwith a specific thing1 such as enhanced hearing1 sudden reali ation and the list goes on.

The facts There is no way to prove these things e ist. #ut people believe in them1 somemore so than a soul. They are usually connected with paranormal cases and as suchusually dont have any specific stories all their own. Though there have been somereports of people having slightly greater abilities or knowing what will happen before itdoes. This is usually e plained by a si th sense1 often described as the brains way toactivate the subconscious mind which helps us gather information and process it in such away that we dont know how we ac3uired it but we have the information. This cane plain why people think theyve been to places they never have1 and many otherfeelings of that natureS this can also e plain away almost all if not all of the chakra cases.

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The Theory The theory here is that life does not e ist1 we are all in fact test programs ina giant virtual reality or the players of that reality itself.

The facts *nce again there is no specific way to disprove this theory. Though it wouldmean in reality we would probably look much different or not e ist at all. There is notmuch of a base for this to stand on1 since it is another cant prove cant disprove parado 1 it is back to our own judgment. =trange as it may seem this theory could e plaina lot of the problems with the world and things such as carbon dating. +f we all wereLare just test subjects in a large-scale virtual reality test1 then all of the anomalies we find1 andmany of the world mysteries could be e plained as bugs and glitches in the program.

There is no solid proof that it does e ist though1 and it is most likely just generated by peoples fears of the age of technology were stepping into1 and what it may do to us.

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The Theory Though the theory varies greatly from religion to religion1 most of them believe that there is a being or beings greater then anything else in the universe thatcreated the earth. +t is still generally accepted in western civili ation that there is a god.

The facts "e find ourselves at another parado 1 there is no way to prove or disprove anyreligion. Many believers in their religion will often say god is testing us as he has fakedmuch of the things we see in history. =uch as dinosaur bones being millions of years old.Jowever skeptics usually point out other facts1 such as the second you accept onereligion you are literally rejecting thousands of others. =keptics will also point to theoverwhelming evidence that all so-called effects of prayer can be e plained through merecoincidence. They will also point to errors in the #ible writings1 and problems with thewhole idea of heaven in general. :espite this evidence many people continue to worshiptheir gods. =keptics generally believe that religion was established for one of tworeasons. ?eason one because people were scared and looked for a way to say this lifeisnt all you get. The second reason is that people were confused and tried to come upwith an answer as to why and how all this stuff got here1 so they came up with the ideasof gods. @one the less following certain things from certain religions isnt necessarily a bad thing. The one common thing you will find in all religions usually written in differentwords but with the same meaning do unto others what you would want others to do toyou. 0 fine motto to live by.

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Top 10 In red%*'e Food Fa t"2ood is something we interact with on a daily basis - fre3uently in fact. There are manyvery obscure facts about food that are fascinating and definitely worthy of knowing. =o1at the behest of Cugg 1 here is a nice trivia list about food.

!. %offee

T+e Fa t.The most e pensive coffee in the world comes from civet poop;opi uwak are coffee beans that come from %ivet (a cat si ed mammal) poo. Theanimals gorge on only the finest ripe berries1 and e crete the partially-digested beans1which are then harvested for sale. ;opi uwak is the most e pensive coffee in the world1selling for between R H! and RB!!


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T+e Fa t.The largest food item on a menu is roast camel

The camel is stuffed with a sheeps carcass1 which is stuffed with chickens1 which arestuffed with fish1 which are stuffed with eggs. This feast is sometimes featured in#edouin weddings.

7. #ugs

T+e Fa t.The 2:0 allows you to sell bugs and rodent hair for consumption

The 2:0 allows an average of F! or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per !! grams of peanut butter. + will certainly think twice before buying my ne t jar,

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T+e Fa t.The first soup was made of hippopotamus

The earliest archeological evidence for the consumption of soup dates back to B!!! #%and it was hippopotamus soup,

B. ?efried #eans

T+e Fa t.?efried beans are only fried once

The reason for this misconception is a translation error. The originals are frijoles refritoswhich actually means &well fried beans' - not re-fried.

D. "orcestershire =auce
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T+e Fa t."orcestershire sauce is made from dissolved fish

"orcestershire sauce1 the popular $nglish sauce1 is made from dissolved anchovies. Theanchovies are soaked in vinegar until they have completely melted. The sauce containsthe bones and all.

E. 9opsicle

T+e Fa t.The 9opsicle was invented by an year who kept it secret for 7 years.

The inventor was 2rank $pperson who1 in /!D1 left a mi ture of powdered soda andwater out on the porch1 which contained a stir stick. That night1 temperatures in =an2rancisco reached record low temperature. "hen he woke the ne t morning1 hediscovered that it had fro en to the stir stick1 creating a fruit flavored ice treat that henamed the epsicle. 7 years later he patented it and called it the 9opsicle.

F. Microwaves
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T+e Fa t.Microwave cooking was discovered accidentally when a chocolate bar meltedin someones pocket

This is very true and very scary - imagine what it was doing to his leg, The fact is1 9ercye#aron =pencer of the ?aytheon %ompany was walking past a radar tube and he noticed

that the chocolate bar in his pocket melted. Je then tested popcorn in front of the tube(surely turning up the power and standing out of the beam)1 and it 3uickly popped allover the room. Je is (obviously) known as the inventor of the Microwave oven.

H. 9eanuts

T+e Fa t.:ynamite is made with peanuts

9eanut oil can be processed to produce glycerol1 which can be used to make

nitroglycerin1 one of the constituents of dynamite. @ote however1 there are other processes that can be used to make dynamite without using peanuts at all.

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T+e Fa t.%oconut water can be used (in emergencies) as a substitute for blood plasma.

The reason for this is that coconut water (the water found in coconuts - not to be confused

with coconut milk1 which comes from the flesh of the coconut) is sterile and has an ideal pJ level. %oconut water is li3uid endosperm - it surrounds the embryo and providesnutrition.

Anot+er 10 Fa" %nat%n( Food Fa t"!#utter Tea
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Fa" %nat%n( Fa t. +n Tibet1 a common drink is butter tea - it is made from yak butter1salt1 and tea.

The average Tibetan can drink D! - B! cups of this tea in any one day, +t is made bydrying %hinese tea in the road for several days (to let it ac3uire a strong flavor). The tea isthen boiled for up to half a day and churned in bamboo churns to which salt1 a pinch ofsoda1 and rancid butter have been added. "hen drinking the tea1 you can blow the scum

(from the butter) away from the edge of the cup and sip. =ome Tibetans add &tsu' andflour to their tea (in much the same way as we add milk and sugar). Tsu is a mi ture ofhardened cheese1 butter1 and sugar. "hen you sip the tea1 your host will refill your cup asit should always remain full. "e now move on from one drink to another

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Fa" %nat%n( Fa t. The ancient Mayans made truly hot chocolate - they added chilies andcorn to it,

The first records of chocolate being used for drinking come from residue found in ancientMayan pots - it dates back to the Dth century 0:. The drink was made by poundingchocolate beans in to a paste which was then mi ed with water1 chili peppers1 cornmeal1and assorted spices. The drink was then poured back and forth between a cup and a pot1which gave it a foamy head. This was drunk cold1 and people of all classes drank itregularly. The drink tasted spicy and bitter1 unlike todays hot chocolate. "hen %hocolatefinally reached the west1 it was very e pensive1 costing between RD! - R>! per pound in

e3uivalent modern HQ) you can find (chopped). =tir till melted (you mayneed to return it to low heat). =erve with whipped cream.

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Fa" %nat%n( Fa t. @o one really knows when donuts were invented or who inventedthem.

:onuts (doughnuts in when he was traveling on a steam boatS he was not satisfied with the te ture of

the center of the donut so he pressed a hole in the center with the ships pepper bo .>0pple1 9otato1 or *nion5
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Fa" %nat%n( Fa t. 0pples1 potatoes1 and onions all taste the same when eaten with yournose plugged.

0s a child we had a science class in which we were blindfolded1 had our noses plugged1and given an apple or onion to eat - we were not told which of the two we would be

given. @ot one person was able to state which was which. This shows the incrediblyimportant part that the nose plays in the sense of taste. The fact that the three items have asimilar consistency makes it virtually impossible to tell them apart without the sense ofsmell. +f you try this1 + should warn you once you unblock your nose1 youcan tell whatyou have just eaten.

B2loating $ggs

Fa" %nat%n( Fa t. "hen an egg floats in water1 it is &off' and should not be eaten.

0s eggs age1 gases build up inside the shell making it more buoyant. This is the best wayto test whether an egg has gone rotten without having to break open the shell1 risking the

foul odor escaping. "hen an egg is e tremely fresh it will lie on its side at the bottom ofa glass of water. 0s it ages1 the egg will begin to point upwards1 and will finally floatcompletely when it has gone bad. 2resh eggs have a very firm white1 whilst old eggs havea very watery white. This is why it is best to use the freshest eggs possible for poachingand frying. *lder eggs are perfectly good for omelets or scrambling.
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Top 10 B%&arre D%"a"ter"Through history1 there have been some dreadful disasters leading to enormous numbersof deaths. There have also been a number of disasters that were just outright weird. This

is a list of those ten most bi arre distasters.. The =t. 9ierre =nake +nvasion

Golcanic activity on the bald mountain towering over =t 9ierre1 Martini3ue1 was usuallyso inconse3uential that no one took seriously the fresh steaming vent-holes and earthtremors during 0pril1 /!H. #y early May1 however1 ash began to rain down continuously1and the nauseating stench of sulphur filled the air. Their homes on the mountainside madeuninhabitable1 more than !! fer-de-lance snakes slithered down and invaded the mulatto3uarter of =t 9ierre. The B-ft long serpents killed D! people and innumerable animals before they were finally destroyed by the towns giant street cats. #ut the annihilation had

only begun. *n May D1 a landslide of boiling mud spilled into the sea1 followed by atsunami that killed hundreds and1 three days later1 May 71 Mt 9elee finally e ploded1sending a murderous avalanche of white-hot lava straight toward the town. "ithin threeminutes =t 9ierre was completely obliterated. *f its F!1!!! population1 there were onlytwo survivors.

H. The =hiloh #aptist %hurch 9anic

Two thousand people1 mostly black1 jammed into the =hiloh #aptist %hurch in#irmingham1 0labama1 on =eptember /1 /!H1 to hear an address by #ooker T."ashington. The brick church was new. 0 steep flight of stairs1 enclosed in brick1 led

from the entrance doors to the church proper. 0fter "ashingtons speech1 there was analtercation over an unoccupied seat1 and the word fight was misunderstood as fire. Thecongregation rose as if on cue and stampeded for the stairs. Those who reached them firstwere pushed from behind and fell. *thers fell on top of them until the entrance wascompletely blocked by a pile of screaming humanity ! ft high. $fforts by "ashingtonand the churchmen down in the front to induce calm were fruitless1 and they stood byhelplessly while their brothers and sisters1 mostly the latter1 were trampled or suffocatedto death. There was neither fire - nor even a real fight - but D people died.

F. The 8reat #oston Molasses 2lood

*n Canuary D1 / /1 the workers and residents of #ostons @orth $nd1 mostly +rish and+talian1 were out enjoying the noontime sun of an unseasonably warm day. =uddenly1 withonly a low rumble of warning1 the huge cast-iron tank of the 9urity :istilling %ompany burst open and a great wave of raw black molasses1 two storeys high1 poured down%ommercial =treet and oo ed into the adjacent waterfront area. @either pedestrians norhorse-drawn wagons could outrun it. Two million gallons of molasses1 originally destinedfor rum1 engulfed scores of people - H men1 women and children died of drowning orsuffocation1 while another D! were injured. #uildings crumbled1 and an elevated train


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track collapsed. Those horses not completely swallowed up were so trapped in the goothey had to be shot by the police. =ightseers who came to see the chaos couldnt help butwalk in the molasses. *n their way home they spread the sticky substance throughout thecity. #oston smelled of molasses for a week1 and the harbour ran brown until summer.

E. The 9ittsburg 8asometer $ plosion0 huge cylindrical gasometer - the largest in the world at that time - located in the heartof the industrial centre of 9ittsburgh1 9ennsylvania1 developed a leak. *n the morning of @ovember E1 /H>1 repairmen set out to look for it - with an open-flame blowlamp. 0tabout ! oclock they apparently found the leak. The tank1 containing D million cu. ft ofnatural gas1 rose in the air like a balloon and e ploded. %hunks of metal1 some weighingmore than !! lbs1 were scattered great distances1 and the combined effects of air pressure and fire left a s3uare mile of devastation. Twenty-eight people were killed andhundreds were injured.

D. The 8illingham 2ire :emonstration$very year the firemen of 8illingham1 in ;ent1 $ngland1 would construct a makeshift

house out of wood and canvas for the popular fire-fighting demonstration at the annual8illingham 9ark f te. $very year1 too1 a few local boys were selected from manyaspirants to take part in the charade. *n Culy 1 /H/1 nine boys - aged ! to E - and sifiremen costumed as if for a wedding party1 climbed to the third floor of the house. The plan was to light a smoke fire on the first floor1 rescue the wedding party with ropes andladders1 and then set the empty house abla e to demonstrate the use of the fire hoses. #ysome error1 the real fire was lit first. The spectators1 assuming the bodies they saw burning were dummies1 cheered and clapped1 while the firemen outside directed streams

of water on what they knew to be a real catastrophe. 0ll D people inside the house died.B. The $mpire =tate #uilding %rash

*n =aturday morning1 Culy H71 /ED1 a veteran 0rmy pilot took off in a #-HD light bomber from #edford1 Massachusetts1 headed for @ewark1 @ew Cersey1 the co-pilot andyoung sailor hitching a ride were also aboard. 2og made visibility poor. 0bout an hourlater1 people on the streets of midtown Manhattan became aware of the rapidly increasingroar of a plane and watched with horror as a bomber suddenly appeared out of the clouds1dodged between skyscrapers1 and then plunged into the side of the $mpire =tate #uilding.9ieces of plane and building fell like hail. 0 gaping hole was gouged in the >7th floor1

one of the planes two engines hurtled through seven walls and came out the oppositeside of the building1 and the other engine shot through an elevator shaft1 severing thecables and sending the car plummeting to the basement. "hen the planes fuel tanke ploded1 si floors were engulfed in flame1 and burning gasoline streamed down thesides of the building. 2ortunately1 few offices were open on a =aturday1 and only people - plus the three occupants of the plane - died.

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*n Cune F!1 /!71 a huge e plosion occurred near the 9odkamennaya (!! ft away. 0s men stood on the dock watching1tugboats prepared to tow the freighter out to sea. =uddenly a ball of fire enveloped theship. 2or many it was the last thing they ever saw. 0 great wall of flame radiated outwardfrom the wreckage1 and within minutes the Monsanto plant e ploded1 killing andmaiming hundreds of workers and any spectators who had survived the initial blast. Mostof the business district was devastated1 and fires raged along the waterfront1 where hugetanks of butane gas stood imperilled. =hortly after midnight1 a second freighter - alsocarrying nitrates - e ploded1 and the whole se3uence began again. More than D!! peopledied1 and another 1!!! were badly injured.

/. The #asra Mass 9oisoning+n =eptember /> a shipment of /!1!!! metric tons of seed grain arrived in the +ra3i port of #asra. The 0merican barley and Me ican wheat - which had been chemicallytreated with methyl-mercury to prevent rot - were sprayed a bright pink to indicate theirlethal coating1 and clear warnings were printed on the bags - but only in $nglish and=panish. #efore they could be distributed to the farmers1 the bags were stolen from thedocks1 and the grain was sold as food to the starving populace. The +ra3i government1embarrassed at its criminal negligence or for other reasons1 hushed up the story1 and itwas not until two years later that an 0merican newsman came up with evidence thatB1DF! hospital cases of mercury poisoning were attributable to the unsavoury affair.*fficials would admit to only ED/ deaths1 but total fatalities were probably more likeB1!!!1 with another !!1!!! suffering such permanent effects as blindness1 deafness and brain damage.

!. The %handka 2orest $lephant =tampede

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problem1 became so cra ed by the high temperatures and lack of water that the villagerstold authorities they were afraid to venture out and to farm their land. #y summer thesituation had worsened. *n Culy !1 the elephant herds went berserk and stampededthrough five villages1 leaving general devastation and HE deaths in their wake.

Top 1$ B%&arre True Stor%e"7. #oulders in Trees

+n 0pril //>1 a turkey hunter in Iellowwood =tate 2orest1 +ndiana1 came upon a hugesandstone boulder wedged between three branches of an oak tree about FD feet from theground. The arrow shaped rock was estimated to weight D!!lb. =ubse3uently1 four morelarge boulders were found wedged high up in trees elsewhere in the forest. 0ll were inremote areas. @one of the trees were damaged and there were no signs of heavye3uipment begin used or of tornado damage and no one recalled any mishaps involving

dynamite anywhere nearby./. Jelpful Goices

"hile on holiday a woman1 referred to by the #ritish Medical Cournal ( //>) as 0#1heard two voices in her head telling her to return home immediately. #ack in ondon thevoices gave her an address that turned out to be a hospitals brain scan department. Thevoices told her to ask for a scan as she had a brain tumour and her brain stem wasinflamed. Though she had no symptoms1 a scan was eventually arranged and she didindeed have a tumour. 0fter an operation1 0# heard the voices again "e are pleased tohave helped you1 they said 8ood-bye. 0# made a full recovery.

!. a Mancha @egro

0 Ja ard uni3ue to Gene uelan highways is a slippery goo called a Mancha @egra (the black stain)1 although it is more of a sludge with the consistency of chewing gum.0lthough the government has spent millions of dollars in research1 no one knows whatthe goo is and where it comes from1 or how to get rid of it. +t first appeared in /7> on theroad from %aracas to the airport1 covering D! yards1 and spread ine orably every year. #y

//H it was a major road ha ard all around the capital and it was claimed 17!! motoristshad died after losing control. The problem remains to this day.

. 9ostcard 2arewell"hen Cim "ilsons father died in @atal1 =outh 0frica1 in 0pril /B>1 both Cim1 living in$ngland1 and his sister Muriel1 living in Jolland1 were informed. Muriel contacted herhusband who was on business in 9ortugal1 and he flew to =outh 0frica right away.%hanging planes at as 9almas airport in the %anary +slands1 he bought a postcardshowing holidaymakers on Margate #each1 @atal1 and sent it to Muriel. +t was she whonoticed that the photograph showed her father walking up the beach.


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H. @otecase from the =ky

+n *ctober />D Mrs ynn %onnolly was hanging washing in her garden in the Uuadrant1Jull1 when she felt a sharp tap on the top of her head. +t was caused by a small silvernotecase1 BFmm by FB.Dmm1 hinged1 containing a used notepad with F sheets left. +t w

marked with the initials =$1 %7V1 T# (or C#) and ;laipea1 a ithuanian seaport.one claimed it at the police station1 so it was returned to Mrs %onnolly. +t seems likely itfell only a short distance but from where5 +f it had dropped from a plane1 it would havegiven her more than a tap.

F. 2iery 9ersecution

The village of %anneto di %aronia on =icilys north coast has been plagued by mysteriousfires. The trouble began on Canuary H!1 H!!E1 when a TG caught fire. Then things inneighbourhood houses began to burn1 including washing machines1 mobile phones1mattresses1 chairs and even the insulation on water pipes. The electricity company cut off

all power1 as did the railway company1 but the fires continued. $ perts of all kinds carriedout tests1 but no e planation was found. The village was evacuated in 2ebruary1 but when people returned in March the fires resumed. 9olice ruled out a pyromaniac after they sawwires bursting into flames.

E. #ovine $nigma

*n Cune H71 H!!H1 in the middle of a spate of une plained cattle mutilations in 0rgentina1something macabre was found in a field near suco1 west of ?io %uarto in =an uis province. @ineteen cows were stuffed into a sheet metal water tank1 closed with a conicalcap. @ine were drowned1 the rest barely alive1 having endured free ing temperatures1 not

to mention the shock of their lives.D. #oy Turns into a Iam

Three pupils of the $vangelist 9rimary =chool in the northern @igerian town ofMaiduguri rushed into the headmistresses office in March H!!! and said that a fellow pupil had been transformed into a yam after accepting a sweet from a stranger. Theheadmistress found the root tuber and took it to the police station for safe-keeping.2ollowing local radio reports1 hundreds of people flocked to see the yam and police werehunting for the sweet-giver. "hat happened ne t failed to reach the media.

Top 10 /o"t Haunted P'a e"$veryone seems to know of at least one haunted houseS as kids there was almost certainlyone in our own neighbourhood. This list contains the most famous and most haunted places in the world. +f you have had any e periences of a similar nature1 feel free to tellus about it in the comments. + should add1 before starting1 that + am a skepticS + havewritten this list for entertainment value.


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1 Bor'e- Re tor-1 $sse 1 $ngland 4"ikipedia 6

The haunting of the #orley ?ectory during the /H!s and /F!s1 is undoubtedly one ofthe most famous in #ritain1 as well as being one of the most controversial. The wealth ofsightings and e periences by independent witnesses1 suggests that although much of the phenomena can be e plained in rational terms1 a percentage remains which can still beseen as ine plicable at the present time.

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0uthor deTraci ?egula relates her e periences with the house &*ver the years1 whiledining across the street at the *ld Town Me ican %afe1 + became accustomed to noticingthat the shutters of the second-story windows 4of the "haley Jouse6 would sometimesopen while we ate dinner1 long after the house was closed for the day. *n a recent visit1 +could feel the energy in several spots in the house1 particularly in the courtroom1 where +also smelled the faint scent of a cigar1 supposedly "haleys calling-card. +n the hallway1 +smelled perfume1 initially attributing that to the young woman acting as docent1 but somelater surreptitious sniffing in her direction as + talked to her about the house revealed herto be scent-free.'

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aynham Jall is a country house in @orfolk1 $ngland. 2or F!! years it has been the seat ofthe Townshend family. The hall gave its name to the area1 known as $ast ?aynham1 andis reported to be haunted1 providing the scene for possibly the most famous ghost photoof all time1 the famous #rown ady descending the staircase. Jowever1 the ghost has not been reported since the photo was taken. +ts most famous resident was %harlesTownshend1 Hnd Giscount Townshend ( B>E- >F7)1 leader in the Jouse of ords.

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The Myrtles 9lantation was built in >/B by 8eneral :avid #radford and called aurel8rove. Touted as &one of 0mericas most haunted homes'1 the plantation is supposedlyhome of at least H ghosts.4/6 +t is often reported that ! murders occurred in the house1 but historical records only indicate the murder of "illiam "inter. 9ossibly the most wellknown of the Myrtles supposed ghosts1 %hloe (sometimes %leo) was reportedly a slaveowned by %lark and =ara "oodruff. 0ccording to one story1 %lark "oodruff had pressured or forced %hloe into being his mistress. %hloe and %lark were caught by =ara"oodruff1 and %hloe began to listen at keyholes1 trying to learn what would happen toher.

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:esigned by Cohn Javiland and opened in 7H/1 $astern =tate is considered to be theworlds first true penitentiary. +ts revolutionary system of incarceration1 dubbed the9ennsylvania =ystem1 originated and encouraged solitary confinement as a form ofrehabilitation. *n Cune st1 H!!> a television show called &Most Jaunted' went live tothe penitentiary. 9art of the group went to 0l %apones cell. Two people passed out while&investigating' the prison. *ne member of the team1 Ivette1 stated that &this is the mostevil place + have ever been.' They claimed to have had contact with spirits but there wasno hard evidence that their claims were legitimate.

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Jer Majestys ?oyal 9alace and 2ortress The Tower of ondon1 more commonly knownas the Tower of ondon (and historically simply as The Tower)1 is an historic monumentin central ondon1 $ngland on the north bank of the ?iver Thames. 9erhaps the mostwell-known ghostly resident of the Tower is the spirit of 0nn #oleyn1 one of the wives ofJenry G+++1 who was also beheaded in the Tower in DFB. Jer ghost has been spotted onmany occasions1 sometimes carrying her head1 on Tower 8reen and in the Tower %hapel?oyal.

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"averly Jills =anatorium1 located in ouisville1 ;entucky1 opened in / ! as a two-storyhospital to accommodate E! to D! tuberculosis patients. +t has been populari ed ontelevision as being one of the &most haunted' hospitals in the eastern for %unard ine (then %unard "hite =tar ine). The Uueen Mary was purchased by

the city of ong #each1 %alifornia in /B> and transformed into a hotel. The mosthaunted area of the ship is the engine room where a >-year-old sailor was crushed todeath trying to escape a fire. ;nocking and banging on the pipes around the door has been heard and recorded by numerous people. +n what is now the front desk area of thehotel1 visitors have seen the ghost of a &lady in white.' 8hosts of children are said tohaunt the ships pool.

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Many of you will remember ouroriginal list of haunted places in which we visited someof the most famous haunted sites in the world. This list contains fewer famous1 bute3ually spooky places. @ot restricted to houses1 we also look at graveyards and towns.

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#abenhausen #arracks

0t the 8erman #abenhausen #arracks (now a museum) the ghosts of 8erman soldiers1some in "orld "ar ++ era uniforms1 have been reported. ights are said to turn off and on by themselves and voices are heard in the basement. 2ootsteps and commands are

allegedly heard at night1 supposedly without physical cause. egend has it that if a soldierhappens to visit the museum and pick up a telephone1 a woman will at times be heard&talking backwards'1 unintelligible1 in neither 8erman nor $nglish. The town was the siteof a witch burned at the stake in the /th century1 and her ghost is said to have seduced1and then killed1 several 8erman soldiers since then. 9ictured above are two 0merican=oldiers at the #arracks in />E. 4"ikipedia 6

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Maud Jughes ?oad is located in iberty Township1 *hio. +t has been the site of manyterrible accidents and suicides. ?ailroad tracks lay HD feet below the bridge1 and at leastFB people have been reported dead on or around the Maud Jughes ?oad #ridge. 8hostlyfigures1 mists1 and lights have been seen1 as well as black hooded figures and a phantomtrain. The legend says that a car carrying a man and a woman stalled on top of the bridge.The man got out to get help while the girl stayed. "hen the man returned1 the girl washanging on the bridge above the tracks. The man then perished with une plained causes.To this day1 many people have reported hearing the ghosts conversations1 then awomans scream followed by a mans scream. 0nother story says that a woman oncethrew her baby off the bridge and then hanged herself afterwards. 4"ikipedia 6

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This house will be no stranger to people who love horror movies. +t is the house on whichthe film The 0mityville Jorror is based. The house is a si -bedroom :utch %olonial stylehouse built in /HE. The best known feature of the house was1 at one time1 its pair of3uarter circle shaped windows on the third floor attic level1 which gave it an eerie1 eye-like appearance. These windows have since been removed and the house renumbered to

keep tourists away. *n @ovember F1 />E1 HF-year old ?onald :e2eo1 Cr. fatally shotsi members of his family at the house. :uring his murder trial in />D1 he claimed thatvoices in his head had urged him to carry out the killings. Je was found guilty and is stillin jail in @ew Iork. +n :ecember />D1 8eorge ut and his wife1 ;athy1 purchased thehouse and moved in with their three children. 0fter H7 days they left the house1 claimingto have been tormented by paranormal phenomena while living there. The familye perienced foul smells1 faces at the windows1 screams1 moving objects1 and all mannerof bi arre phenomena. The image above is the house as it appears today. 4"ikipedia 6

>9ickens %ounty %ourthouse

The 9ickens %ounty %ourthouse in %arrollton1 0labama is a courthouse in west 0labamafamous for a ghostly image that can be seen in one of its windows. The image is said to be the face of Jenry "ells1 who1 as legend has it1 was falsely accused of burning downthe towns previous courthouse1 and lynched on a stormy night in 7>7. The image on the

window is easily seen1 although it is more face-like from some angles than from others. +tis said that the image is only visible from outside the courthouseS from inside the paneappears to be a normal pane of glass. =ince the photo above was taken1 the city of%arrollton has installed1 on the e terior of the courthouse1 a reflective highway sign withan arrow pointing to the pane where the image appears. There are permanent binocularsinstalled across the street from the window for people who wish to get a closer look.4"ikipedia 6
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More well known as the ?osenheim 9oltergeist1 this infestation of bi arre activity is oneof the most well known in 8ermany. +n /B>1 strange phenomena began occurring in theoffice of lawyer =igmund 0dam. Telephones would ring with no one at the other end1 photocopiers spilt their ink1 and desk drawers would open without being touched. 08erman paper installed e3uipment to monitor the phones and in F month they recordedover B!! calls to the speaking clock - despite the fact that all of the telephones wereunplugged. +n one D minute period1 EB calls were recorded - a rate that seemed

impossible given the mechanical dialing system in place. +n *ctober /B>1 all light bulbsin the building went out with a huge bang. 0fter installing cameras and voice recorders1investigators were able to discover that the events only took place when /-year-old0nnemarie =chneider (a recently employed secretary) was present. +t was claimed that asuspended light would swing violently when Ms =chneider walked beneath it1 and thelights would flicker whenever she walked in to the office. "hen =chneider went onholiday the events stopped.


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*ne house in one street in #Wlme de la Moraleda1 =pain has recently become veryfamous thanks to eerie faces that have been appearing in the floor. =treet ?eal D has become a popular attraction for ghost tourists as the faces appear fre3uently and can beeasily photographed. The appearances in #Wlme began on 0ugust HF1 /> when MarXa8Yme %Zmara saw a face appear on her cement kitchen floor. Jer husband took a picka e and destroyed the face. =oon after another one appeared. 0n e cavation1conducted under the location of the house1 revealed human remains1 which were

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9luckley is a small village in ;ent1 $ngland that is believed to be the most hauntedvillage in $ngland. +n addition to the H (some say F or E) ghosts in 9luckley1 thevillage is also famous for the television programThe Darling Buds of May which wasfilmed there. *f the ghosts you can see here1 the most spectacular are the ghostlyhighwayman and coach and horses seen near the town hall1 the ghost of a gypsy woman

burned to death in her sleep1 two hanging bodies1 a phantom monk1 three upper classladies and1 perhaps spookiest of all1 the =creaming "oods. The =creaming "oods is anarea just outside the town haunted by the ghosts of many people who were lost there.Their screams can be heard coming from inside the forest at night.

D! #erkeley =3uare

This residential area of ondon best known for the song A Nightingale Sang in BerkeleySquare 1 is also home to the most haunted house in ondon, @umber D! #erkeley =3uareis home to a large number of ghosts1 the earliest of which is that of a young girl murderedin the >!!s by a sadistic servant. =he is fre3uently seen on the top floor sobbing andwringing her hands in despair. 0nother woman trying to escape her uncle fell from awindow - her ghost is often seen hanging from a windowsill. "hile the house was vacantin the 7>!s1 the neighbors heard numerous screams and moans coming from the house.They also heard furniture moving1 bells ringing1 and windows being slammed shut. Iearslater the house was occupied by a Mr. :upre1 who locked his insane brother in a room onthe top floor. Je fed the insane man through a special opening in the door. This is the

room that is supposed to be central to the haunting. The house is currently home to a bookstore - strange occurrences have been noted by all of the staff of the shop. The topfloor is kept locked at all times and no one is allowed to enter it.

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:eath is a part of every persons lifeS in this article we e plore ten of the strangest deathsthat have occurred in recorded history.

1 Fran %" Ba on :## ;anuar- 1$31 < 9 Apr%' 13#3= 4#ritannica6

Manner of death: =tuffing snow into a chicken

2rancis #aconS statesman1 philosopher1 creator of the $nglish essay1 and advocate for thescientific revolution (he established &The =cientific Method' still used today)1 was one ofvery few people to die as a result of one of their own e periments.

+n BHD1 whilst ga ing out the window at a snowy afternoon1 =ir 2rancis #acon had anepiphany of sorts. "hy would snow not work as preservative of meat in much the sameway salt is used5 @eeding to know and unheeding of the weather1 #acon rushed to townto purchase a chicken1 brought it home and began the e periment. =tanding outside in thesnow1 he killed the chicken and tried to stuff it with snow. The e periment was a failureSthe chicken didnt free e1 and as a conse3uence of standing around in the free ingweather1 #acon developed a terminal case of pneumonia. Trying to stave off theinevitable1 #acon roasted and ate the chicken. That too was a failed e periment. Je died.

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0n 0merican dentist1 born in Germont and educated in #oston1 Jorace "ells was one ofthe pioneers in the field of anesthesia. "eary of screaming patients1 (it was known toupset him terribly1 he often debated leaving the field of dentistry altogether)1 he was oneof the first practitioners to see the value of nitrous o ide or laughing gas as an anesthetic.

0fter a failed e periment and falling out of favor with the medical community1 "ells became a traveling anesthetic salesman and $uropean e pert for his former partner18ardner Uuincy %olton. Jis investigations led to a chloroform addiction that would behis down-fall. +n 7E71 delirious and deranged after a week of self-e perimentation1 "ellsran into the street and assaulted two prostitutes with sulfuric acid. Je was arrested andconfined at @ew Iorks infamous Tombs 9rison. ?ecovering from the drug induced psychosisS the true horror of his actions came home to roost.


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2 Att%'a t+e Hun :203 < 2$ = 4#ritannica6

Manner of death: Je got a nosebleed on his wedding night

Jistorys most brilliant tactician1 warlord1 and notorious villain1 0ttila the Jun con3ueredall of 0sia by ED! 0:.


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"hile visiting 8ela on the island of =icily1 legend has it that an eagle1 mistaking0eschylus bald pate for a stone1 dropped a tortoise on his head killing him. =omeaccounts differ1 stating that a stone was dropped on his head1 the eagle mistaking hisshining crown for an egg. This is not as far-fetched as it seems. The ammergeier or#earded Gulture is native to the Mediterranean1 and is known to drop bones and tortoises

on rocks to break them open.3 %n( Ado'f Freder% J of S4eden :/a- 12> 1510 < Fe*ruar- 1#> 1551= 4#ritannica6

Manner of death: $ating too much pudding

0dolphs 2rederick was the titular ;ing of =weden from >D [ >> . The omnipotent?iksdag or senate held the reins of power despite 0dolphus best efforts to wrest it fromthem.

0nother victim of personal e cess1 0dophus 2rederick is known by =wedish children as&the king who ate himself to death'. *n 2ebruary H1 >> 1 after partaking of a ban3uetconsisting of lobster1 caviar1 sauerkraut1 smoked herring and champagne he moved on tohis favorite dessert1 =emla1 a traditional bun or pastry made from semolinaLwheat flour1served in a bowl of hot milk. *ne or two portions would have been sufficientS E servingswas e cessive. Je died shortly thereafter of digestion problems.

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Manner of death: :rowning after being poisoned1 shot1 stabbed1 and bludgeoned
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The Mad Monk1 8rigori ?asputin1 was a peasant and mystic healer who found favor withthe royal court of ?ussia by providing relief to %rown 9rince 0leksey1 a hemophiliac andheir to the throne.

"ielding much influence on the royal court1 the unkempt1 vulgar1 and ama ingly resilient?asputin made many political enemies. Je had to goS much easier said than done. Theconspirators first tried poison1 enough poison to kill a man three times his si e1 but heseemed unaffected. @e t they snuck up behind him and shot him in the head. This shouldhave done it1 but noS while one of the assassins was checking his pulse1 the mysticgrabbed the conspirator by the neck and proceeded to strangle him. ?unning away1 thewould-be assassins took up the chase1 shooting him F times in the process. The gunshotsslowed him down enough to allow his pursuers to catch-up. They then proceeded to bludgeon him before throwing him in the icy cold river (?ussian winter). "hen his bodywas recovered an autopsy showed that the cause of death was drowning.

7 I"adora Dun an :/a- #5> 1755 < Septe!*er 12> 19#5= 4#ritannica6

Manner of death: =trangulation and a broken neck

+sadora :uncan is widely considered as the mother of Modern :ance. #orn in =an2rancisco1 %alifornia1 :ora 0ngela :uncan was the product of divorced parentsS herfather a disgraced banker and her mother and pianist and music teacher. Jer free formstyle was never very popular in her home country1 but she found great success after
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immigrating to 9aris. =he founded three schools of dance and her likeness is carved overthe entrance to the ThW\tre des %hamps-]lysWes.

+sadora :uncan died of a broken neck and accidental strangulation when her scarf caughton the wheel of a car she was traveling in. The @ew Iork Times1 succinctly and brutally

described it thusly&The automobile was going at full speed when the scarf of strong silk began windingaround the wheel and with terrific force dragged Miss :uncan1 around whom it wassecurely wrapped1 bodily over the side of the car1 precipitating her with violence againstthe cobblestone street. =he was dragged for several yards before the chauffeur halted1attracted by her cries in the street. Medical aid was summoned1 but it was stated that shehad been strangled and killed instantly.'

9 )+r%"t%ne )+u**u J :Au(u"t #2> 1922 < ;u'- 1$> 1952= 4"ikipedia 6

Manner of death: =uicide on live TG

%hristine %hubbuck was the host of &=uncoast :igest' a well regarded public affairs program on "N T-TG in =arasota1 2lorida. #reaking format1 her guest was waitingacross the studio at the news anchors deskS %hristine read eight minutes of national newsstories before the tape reel malfunctioned while describing a shooting at the #eef and#ottle restaurant. =eemingly unfa ed by the technical glitch1 %hristine looked into thecamera and said

&+n keeping with %hannel E!s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts1 and inliving color1 you are going to see another first an attempted suicide.'

Taking a revolver out from under her desk1 she placed it behind her left ear and pulled thetrigger (she learned this was the most effective way to commit suicide from the policewhile researching a project for her show). =he tumbled violently forward as the technicaldirector slowly faded to black. =ome viewers called / while others called the station tosee if it was real. %amerawoman Cean ?eed later stated that she didnt believe it to begenuine until she saw %hristines body twitching on the floor.
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10 S+aron LopatJa :Septe!*er #0> 1931 < O to*er 13> 1993= 4"ikipedia 6

Manner of death: Golunteered to be tortured and murdered

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. 0 bird in the house is a sign of a death

H. 0 loaf of bread should never be turned upside down after a slice has been cut from it.

F. @ever take a broom along when you move. Throw it out and buy a new one.

E. +f the first butterfly you see in the year is white1 you will have good luck all year.

D. +f a black cat walks towards you1 it brings good fortune1 but if it walks away1 it takesthe good luck with it.

B. 0n acorn at the window will keep lightning out

>. 0 dog howling at night when someone in the house is sick is a bad omen.

7. +ts bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.

/. 0 horseshoe hung in the bedroom will keep nightmares away.

!. +f you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold allwinter.

. +f a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself1 someone in the house will die soon.

H. :ropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will be a murder in the house.

F. 0ll windows should be opened at the moment of death so that the soul can leave.

E. +f the groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony1 the marriage is doomed.

D. To dream of a li ard is a sign that you have a secret enemy.
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B. +f a friend gives you a knife1 you should give him a coin1 or your friendship will soon be broken.

>. Iou should never start a trip on 2riday or you will meet misfortune.

7. :ream of running a sign of a big change in your life.

/. +f a clock which has not been working suddenly chimes1 there will be a death in thefamily.

H!. +t is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same match.

Top 10 B%&arre T+%n(" %n Spa e2rom miniature black holes to distortions in the fabric of space-time1 from gala ies thatare eating each other to matter that can neither be seen nor detected directlyPspace isfull of many strange things. 0nd here are ten of the strangest1 courtesy of M=@ and=pace.com

!. Uuasars
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These bright beacons shine to us from the edges of the visible universe and are remindersto scientists of our universes chaotic infancy. Uuasars release more energy than hundredsof gala ies combined. The general consensus is that they are monstrous black holes in thehearts of distant gala ies. This image is of 3uasar F% H>F1 photographed in />/.

/. Gacuum $nergy

Uuantum physics tells us that contrary to appearances1 empty space is a bubbling brew of&virtual' subatomic particles that are constantly being created and destroyed. The fleeting

particles endow every cubic centimeter of space with a certain energy that1 according togeneral relativity1 produces an anti-gravitational force that pushes space apart. @obodyknows whats really causing the accelerated e pansion of the universe1 however.

7. 0nti-matter
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ike =upermans alter-ego1 #i aro1 the particles making up normal matter also haveopposite versions of themselves. 0n electron has a negative charge1 for e ample1 but itsanti-matter e3uivalent1 the positron1 is positive. Matter and anti-matter annihilate eachother when they collide and their mass is converted into pure energy by $insteinse3uation $^mcH. =ome futuristic spacecraft designs incorporate anti-matter engines.

>. Mini #lack Joles

+f a radical new &braneworld' theory of gravity is correct1 then scattered throughout oursolar system are thousands of tiny black holes1 each about the si e of an atomic nucleus.


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0lso known as the %M#1 this radiation is a primordial leftover from the #ig #ang that birthed the universe. +t was first detected during the /B!s as a radio noise that seemed toemanate from everywhere in space. The %M# is regarded as one of the best pieces ofevidence for the theoretical #ig #ang. ?ecent precise measurements by the "M09 project place the %M# temperature at -EDD degrees 2ahrenheit (-H>! %elsius).

D. :ark Matter

=cientists think it makes up the bulk of matter in the universe1 but it can neither be seennor detected directly using current technologies. %andidates range from light-weight

neutrinos to invisible black holes. =ome scientists 3uestion whether dark matter is evenreal1 and suggest that the mysteries it was conjured to solve could be e plained by a better understanding of gravity.

E. $ oplanets
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black hole mergers like the one shown above. +8* and +=0 are two detectors designedto spot the elusive waves.

H. 8alactic %annibalism

ike life on $arth1 gala ies can &eat' each other and evolve over time. The Milky "aysneighbor1 0ndromeda1 is currently dining on one of its satellites. More than a do en starclusters are scattered throughout 0ndromeda1 the cosmic remains of past meals. Theimage above is from a simulation of 0ndromeda and our gala y colliding1 an event thatwill take place in about F billion years.

. @eutrinos

@eutrinos are electrically neutral1 virtually mass-less elementary particles that can passthrough miles of lead unhindered. =ome are passing through your body as you read this.These &phantom' particles are produced in the inner fires of burning1 healthy stars as wellas in the supernova e plosions of dying stars. :etectors are being embedded
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underground1 beneath the sea1 or into a large chunk of ice as part of +ce%ube1 a neutrino-detecting project.

Top 10 B%&arre )ur"e"Jistory is full of curses - even dating back as far as #iblical times. These curses arenormally attributed to simple bad luck but many of them do make for very eerie reading.This is a list of the ten most famous curses.

!. #j_rketorp ?unestone

This is one of a group of runestones found in #lekinge1 =weden1 dating back to the Bthcentury 0:. The stones measure up to E.H metres in height. =ome of the stones appear incircles while others stand alone. The #j_rketorp stone bears the following inscription

+1 master of the runes(5) conceal here runes of power. +ncessantly (plagued by)maleficence1 (doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument). + prophesydestruction L prophecy of destruction.

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