Do you think you know all the places with weird back stories on this list? Maybe you have one to add to the list that isn’t already there? The Winchester Mystery House Built by Sarah Winchester, the mansion is famous for staircases leading nowhere, doors opening into walls, and an enormous maze-like layout. Legend says …
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What do you think about people and their homes? Do you just stand there and keep gift bags? Walk into the kitchen for absolutely no reason. Stand there. Open the refrigerator. Close it. Open it again. Check the pantry. Decide there is nothing to eat. Return five minutes later. Have one chair covered in clothes. …
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Mountains are big hunks of rock towering to the sky, right? Some are, sure, but there are mountains that are much more than that. Some mountains might be just big rocks, but they’re uniquely or even bizarrely shaped big rocks. And then there are those mountains that do something utterly unhinged, from hosting strange species …
From underwater forests to gases, do you think you know what else will be on this list of things discovered in the ocean? Or maybe you have something to add to the list? The Antikythera Shipwreck — Greece Discovered by sponge divers in 1900–1901, the wreck contained statues, coins, glassware and the famous Antikythera Mechanism. …
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Megaprojects are some of the biggest building projects ever undertaken. While there’s no official classification, they typically involve construction on a massive scale and price tags of upward of $1 billion. For some examples, think of the Three Gorges or Hoover Dams, or just the ancient Egyptian pyramids. These structures are famous because they were …
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Do you think you know all the things on this list that were accidently discovered? Or maybe you have an idea of something else to add? The Terracotta Army — China In 1974, farmers digging a well near Xi’an accidentally encountered fragments of life-sized clay figures. Archaeologists eventually uncovered thousands of soldiers, horses and weapons …
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Do you know about the kind of bizarre jobs that people had in history? From leeches to taste testers, some of these are a little wild. Groom of the Stool — England The Groom of the Stool attended to the personal toilet needs of the English monarch. Despite the unpleasant-sounding duties, the position could become …
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Do you know about this strange weather and phenomena? Like the fish rain? Tunguska Event — Siberia, 1908 On June 30, something exploded over remote Siberia with enough energy to flatten an estimated 2,000 square kilometers of forest. No conventional impact crater was found. The leading explanation is an asteroid or comet fragment exploding in …
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Every structure serves a purpose, even if that purpose is just to look pretty. With some buildings, however, you might find yourself at a loss when trying to divine why they’re there. Certain structures are built for such hyperspecific reasons that they end up looking completely alien. In other cases, you can tell what the …
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Everybody’s put something down and come back for it later, only for it to have disappeared into thin air. It might happen with your keys, a drink, or your phone. But surely you can’t misplace something as big as an island. Canada has shown us that it is indeed possible. A mysterious series of events …
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