Why do Scorpions Glow Under UV light?
By Nicky Bay on 17 December 2011 Many macro shooters have come to know that the scorpion’s exoskeleton glows a bright cyan under Ultra Violet (UV) light. …
The Curious Prophecy of Swift’s Martian Moons
Imagine flipping through a dusty book from 1726, long before telescopes unveiled the finer secrets of our solar system, and stumbling upon a passage that …
Huang Yijun’s Stone Baby: A 61-Year Medical Marvel
In 1948, Huang Yijun, a 31-year-old woman from China, faced a rare and perilous medical condition when she became pregnant with a fetus that developed …
Anna Maria Von Stockhausen: The Undead Witch of Germany
CW: Death, child death, burial traditions. All images have been censored, but can be easily accessed online. Across the more death-centric parts of Twitter, TikTok and …
The B-25 that crashed into the Empire State Building
For 41 years (from 1931 to 1972), the Empire State Building (above), with its 102 floors and 381 meters of height, was the tallest building …
The Frydenbø Carbide Generator: Norway’s Wartime Wood-Gas Revolution
The Frydenbø carbide generator, developed in June 1940 by Norwegian engineers at Frydenbø amid severe gasoline rationing during World War II, this wood-gas system was …
The tough men of timber: Black and white photos capture the arduous lives of 1800s lumberjacks who felled enormous trees using only hand tools and brute strength
Lumberjack style has recently come back in vogue, with city slickers and suburbanites donning the flannel shirts of the profession as a way to look …
Lamprey Mystery
The fish that fell from the sky Fairbanksans were surprised last summer by a rain of lampreys falling from the sky. It wasn’t just that …
Revving Up History: Henry Martyn Leland and the Iconic 1906 Cadillac Model M Touring
Hello, automotive enthusiasts and history buffs! Welcome back to my corner of the web where we dive into the fascinating stories behind the machines that …
Psychedelics Allowed Ancient Peruvians to Consolidate Power, Study Says
Psychedelic drugs might have fundamentally changed pre-Incan society. In a new study, archaeologists uncovered 2,500-year-old psychoactive drug paraphernalia in an archaeological site in the Peruvian …