Fear isn’t just the mind-killer… it can actually kill your body as well.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Mystery of the “Frankenstein” Bog Mummies
Ten years ago, archaeologists removed a couple of 3,000-year-old skeletons buried in a peat bog in Scotland. Recent DNA tests have determined that the male and female bodies, which were buried in a fetal position, were actually made up of body parts from at least six people -and that they had died hundreds of years before they were buried!
Mysterious African ‘Fairy Circles’ Stump Scientists
In the sandy desert grasslands of Namibia in southern Africa, mysterious bare spots known as “fairy circles” will form and then disappear years later for no reason anyone can determine. A new look at these strange patterns doesn’t solve the wistful mystery but at least reveals that the largest of the circles can linger for a lifetime.
Hell’s Cafe
A hot spot called Hell’s Café lured 19th-century Parisians to the city’s Montmartre neighborhood—like the Marais—on the Right Bank of the Seine. With plaster lost souls writhing on its walls and a bug-eyed devil’s head for a front door, le Café de l’Enfer may have been one of the world’s first theme restaurants.
According to one 1899 visitor, the café’s doorman—in a Satan suit—welcomed diners with the greeting, “Enter and be damned!” Hell’s waiters also dressed as devils. An order for three black coffees spiked with cognac was shrieked back to the kitchen as: “Three seething bumpers of molten sins, with a dash of brimstone intensifier!” VIA: –GOTHIC TEA PARTY–
Eyes and Fingerprints: How Governments Are Using Biometric Data to Keep Track of You
Eyes and fingertips contribute to what makes us who we are, but when reduced to numbers, they transform a person into a biometric data point for governments to observe. Keep reading >>
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