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A man named Al Bielek, who claimed to be a test subject of various secret US Military Experiments, said that on August 12, 1943, the US Navy carried out an experiment called the "Philadelphia Experiment" on the USS Eldridge, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, after installing special equipment on it. In this test, they allegedly send the ship and all its crew members 10 minutes back in time, making it apparently invisible, and then bring them back to the present time. As a consequence, many…

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01. Erta Ale in Ethiopia is a continuously erupting volcano in the middle of a desert surrounded by sulfur pits. It has very high temperatures and among native people, it’s infamous for attacking/executing outsiders, including those near Erta Ale. #tourist #scary #fear #ethiopia #places #world #travel #living #rare #bizarre #country #tour #adventure #strange #mystery #factrepublic #wtffact #knowledge #funfact #interesting #facts #didyouknow

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If you’re a history buff, you’ve likely heard of the Lindbergh baby’s kidnapping. It involved the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, who was kidnapped in 1932. It was dubbed the “trial of the century” at the time, but what you might not know is that it wasn’t the first high-profile kidnapping case to make national headlines in America. Before Charles Lindbergh Jr., there was Bobby Dunbar.When Bobby Dunbar was four, he went on vacation with his family to a Louisiana lake. He then…

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Giant Pharaohs Unearthed: Mummies Discovered by Howard Carter During 1920s Egyptian Tomb Excavation #archaeology #ancientegypt #tutankhamun #howardcarter...

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1. About 13 paintings were stolen from an art museum in Boston in 1990 by two thieves dressed in police uniforms, who tricked museum security into letting them access the gallery. Value of the paintings lost was over $500 million, making it the largest private property heist in history. The case still remains unsolved.

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There's no shortage of places that have deep, potentially dark histories. However, these ten locations around the world definitely offer more questions than answers. Start getting some answers about the world's most infamous phenomena and check out Fact or Faked, returning on Tuesday, April 17 at 9/8c only on Syfy.

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Melungeon traits include: Dark hair and skin with light-colored eyes Stark contrasts in skin and hair color within a single family. American Indian features A particular type of bump or ridge at the back of the head (usually just above the neck) known at the Melungeon bump.... Sometimes called the “Lost Tribe of Appalachia,” the Melungeons are people of mixed ethnicity who claim varying degrees of Portuguese, Turkish, Moorish, Arabic, Jewish, American Indian and African descent.

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A small town in Mexico is home to what are called the screaming mummies, a collection of eerily preserved bodies that are all less than 200 years old. Mummies aren't just from Egypt –examples of mummies have been found around the world. Today, the screaming mummies of Guanajuato can be found in the Museo de las Momias, one of the strangest museums i... #screamingmummies #guanajuatomummies #museodelasmomias #mexicanmummies #buriedalive #choleraoutbreak #historicalpreservation…

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15 of History’s Greatest Mysteries

twitter reddit By their very nature, historical mysteries are tough to crack. After all, people have been trying to solve them for decades, if not centuries, and they’ve got nothing but reasonable theories (and plenty of unreasonable ones) to show for it. Eyewitnesses are usually long dead, and key evidence has been lost to the mists of time. Sometimes entire cultures have vanished, leavin

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In 1964, an abandoned lifeboat was found in a lagoon of Bouvet Island, the most isolated island on Earth. Apart from the boat, there were no other signs of human life or activity on the island and there are no trade routes running within 1,000 miles of Bouvet Island. The origin of this boat is still a mystery.

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