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  1. RyoHazuki

    Forgotten History

    And there were POWs working at a live munitions dump because....?
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    Great Acts Of Stupidity

    An uninterrupted freefall onto pavement can have surprisingly horrific consequences for a human head. The impact forces are far harsher than even the most violent punches.
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    Macabre Place Names

    I am disappoint at their omission of Grope Lane in Shrewsbury, especially as it carries an historical 'double whammy'.
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    Anyone Suffer From Vertigo?

    I've only ever suffered vertigo once - it was following a deeply unpleasant bout of flu (actual flu, not just a sore throat and a temperature, don't get me started on misappropriation of the F-word...) and the vertigo continued for over a month after I had completely recovered from the...
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    New Chronology (Anatoly Fomenko): A Revised History Timeline

    I was under the impression that the main point of contention wasn't the decay rate, but rather the assumption that environmental C-14 levels had always been the same as they are now?
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    Forgotten History

    I love the way that no description was deemed necessary for the Neanderthal woman, despite her facial expression conveying more meaning than the other three combined.
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    Jordan Peterson

    Regardless of IQ scores, any society which develops a total dependence on one single commodity is bound for failure.
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    Titanic Conspiracy

    I am supremely impressed by that. Not the technical aspects of building it - you see just as much detail and scope in current games - but the fact that a few people actually went to the trouble of recreating it in such faithful detail. The little pop-up info windows are brilliant.
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    Sentinelese Tribe Kills Foolhardy Christian Missionary

    'In the near future.... An elite black-ops squad from the Vatican's Special Conversion Force is air-dropped onto Sentinel Island with orders to subject the entire population to baptism or last rites, within 24 hours. It should have been a piece of sacramental cake. They soon find out that the...
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    When You Send Off For Something Dodgy And The Police Turn Up Instead

    In a vaguely-similar vein, I remember flying back from China many moons ago (pre-2001) with a brief stopover in Milan. At the Italian customs, one of the officers cheerily informed my companion that the 'antique' 8-inch ceremonial knife in his cabin bag should really have been in his suitcase...
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    Christopher Columbus: Legends & Folklore

    In a similar but briefer vein, here's a passage from the excellent At Home by Bill Bryson: "Though an accomplished enough mariner, he was not terribly good at a great deal else, especially geography, the skill that would seem most vital in an explorer. It would be hard to name any figure in...
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    Inside No. 9

    It definitely needs a second or third watch, just to check for little details.
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    Inside No. 9

    Just brilliant :salute: Although I wonder how many people changed channels after the second 'interval'....
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    Intergalactic Space Crusaders: Blake's 7

    Wow - he's incredibly lucky to still be alive in that case. AAs are horrific.
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    Water Elephants

    Shamelessly stolen from Reddit.... Apologies if it's already a 'thing' here - I did try searching but nothing came up. I strongly recommend looking at the original /r post, as there are several useful links there.
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    The Missing Fishing Boat 'Fausto'

    I'm guessing that's a misprint or misquote - the original source apparently states it as 43hp, with a speed of 7 knots. According to a commenter on /r, this isn't too bad for a short-range fishing vessel, although it wouldn't leave much margin for errors.
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    Pasquale Piñón: Man With "Two Heads"

    Seems that Ron Perlman has invented time travel. And took Guillermo Del Toro along for the ride.
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    Conan Doyle's Most Curious Case?

    I can also thoroughly recommend the book "Arthur & George" by Julian Barnes.
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    Disease Mongering

    Be sure to inform them that their mental health issues are "invented" or imaginary though. I'm sure that will help them immensely.
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    Cattle Mutilations

    AFAIK (and I've only scratched the surface) there are no known scavengers that could leave such neat remains, especially on the sheep and smaller mammals that have been found. In particular, the animals' tongues are sliced out near the base as if by a sharp blade (despite the jaws being shut...
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    The Moors Murderers: Ian Brady & Myra Hindley

    It would be nice, but I can't see how they'd spot the resulting ashes among the rest of the devastation, unless it was at the very edge of the fire's spread.
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    Cattle Mutilations

    I stumbled across the Richplanet doc "Silent Killers" last night, and found it quite impressive... right up until the 'obviously aliens' angle started (although to be fair he never said he agreed with it). I lean towards the BlackOps side myself - I reckon that a well-tooled and trained team...
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    The Madeleine McCann Disappearance

    Semantics aside, the initial shout of "they've taken her" or "she's been taken" is the very last thing I would expect a parent in that situation to say, even when under huge amounts of stress. I'm not a parent myself, but it strikes me that the possibility of abduction, while ever-present in the...
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    Novichok In Salisbury: Secret Agents & Nerve Agents In Britain

    I'm no fan of Putin, but I still maintain that if he wanted someone dead, they'd be properly dead, either in the UK or anywhere else. I seriously doubt he'd leave the evidence slopping around the local countryside, either.
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    Fred & Rosemary West

    I do wonder about the reliability of IQ tests in cases like this - surely a genuine psychopath, with a high IQ and the ability to 'win over' anyone they come into contact with, would easily be able to manipulate the test results if it suited them. Although, in this case, I can't see any real...
  26. RyoHazuki

    Weird Weather

    We had no power yesterday from 3am to 6pm (therefore no heating), and it was seriously unpleasant, despite the double glazing, loft insulation etc. I can't even imagine how horrific it must be for people who either can't afford to heat their home, or are sleeping rough... The inside of the...
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    The Victorians Lit Farts To See At Night?

    I remember, as a child, my older brother warning me that there was a very small chance of a backdraft effect causing the gases still inside my digestive tract to ignite violently, thus explaining many cases of SHC. Consequently I never tried lighting my farts, and to be honest I probably still...
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    Not A Lot Of People Know That: Caine Strange

    Another vote for TMWWBK here. This is getting slightly tedious - could someone own up to hating it and give a nice critique, to balance things out? I was quite young when I first watched it, and it's one of the few films that still had exactly the same allure when I went back to it years later...
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    "Meet Me At McDonalds" Hairstyle: Why—And Why?

    Yeah, the kids of today with their stupid-ass new-fangled hairstyles...
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    Iain M. Banks: Upload For Everlasting Life

    Seriously, what is it with the compulsive need to turn decent books into a sodding TV event? Yes, I know they did The Crow Road (and did it really well), but that was years ago, when screen adaptations were usually done sympathetically (if not always successfully) and were still outnumbered by...
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    Minor Strangeness (IHTM)

    I feel your pain - only in my case, it preempts my actual alarm, usually several times. I only actually set my alarm once a week (I only work one early shift) for 7:30, and I can guarantee that I will wake up at least three times prior to it going off - usually around 5:00, 6:00 and 6:30. This...
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    They're After Us? A Classic Case Of Folie à Deux

    I can see that, and Stan did seem to put a lot of effort into the 'details'. I guess it's just how different people's minds work, and maybe he knew enough about her to know what approach to take. Fwiw, I don't think there was anything especially sinister in his original motives; someone who...
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    The Chonchon

    I'm not sure, but considering that it manages to fly around terrorising people without the aid of a cardiopulmonary system, it probably wouldn't be an issue. Maybe it could wedge baggies or foilwraps behind its ears? In any case, I shall yell the same phrase at the next being (human or...
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    They're After Us? A Classic Case Of Folie à Deux

    Regardless of how deep the trust in one's parent/s runs, I can't understand how an otherwise intelligent person would continue to happily swallow such a huge amount of fabrication until their late twenties - not to the point of breaking off adult relationships and uprooting themselves. Every...
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    The Chonchon

    More to the point, why would it show up 24 hours later as a 'sheepish' human to collect it? Why not just demand it then and there, while in terrifying winged-head format? What happens if you give it sugar instead? Or throw the salt in its eyes? Actually, I'm not sure I want any of it explained...
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    The Chonchon

    This is quite possibly the best piece of evil-entity-related trivia that I have ever read. I sprayed my keyboard with G&T when I first read it last night, and it's just as brilliant today, sober.
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    Great Acts Of Stupidity

    My personal favourite survival tip from down under: 'If you want to drive into the outback, use a Land Rover. If you want to come back again, use a Toyota.'
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    Seriously Bad Taste Merchandise

    The original Mars Attacks cards were fairly graphic too IIRC.
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    Seriously Bad Taste Merchandise

    The most horrifying thing about that photo isn't the victims - it's the fact that the faces in the crowd aren't contorted with hatred and anger, just smiling and havin' a nice time. Also, I remember finding my (older) sister's stash of GPK cards when I was very young indeed, and how quickly the...
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    Great Acts Of Stupidity

    To be honest, I'd quite happily have camped in a dry creek-bed or under a gum-tree without such local knowledge - they definitely come under 'quirks' of nature that defy logical thinking. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have tried walking through the outback in the middle of the day, though - not...
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    The Centennial Light (100-Year Light Bulb) & Planned Obsolescence

    Then: engineers design product, give it to accountants who work out the sale price. Now: accountants think of a price, give it to engineers who have to meet the cost. Also known as a race to the bottom.
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    The Centennial Light (100-Year Light Bulb) & Planned Obsolescence

    There's an engineering firm on the mainland which I've used for fabricating unobtainable car parts. They only seem to employ 2 or 3 people, but every single piece of machinery in there is old-school and fully manual. I counted at least 8 lathes and half a dozen milling machines, plus assorted...
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    Children Stolen By Travelling Folk (Gypsies, Carnies, Nomads): UL?

    I took it to mean that they were being escorted out of the city, rather than being transported somewhere. I suspect that for whatever reason, they probably ended up settling somewhere, or maybe just disappearing into the great outdoors (easier to do in the US, I imagine).
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    Strange Deaths

    If they just wanted a quick cover-up, why revise the original cause of death?
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    Strange Deaths

    Wait - they already recorded it as a heart attack, then changed their minds and decided that rugby-tackling the walls and floor until dead was somehow more credible? Aside from the fact that nobody (to the best of my knowledge) has ever been recorded as having killed themselves that way, how is...
  46. RyoHazuki

    Eerie Train Vibe, I Got the Next!

    In the book 'Perfect Storm', it talks about crewmen who would sign up for a boat, arrive at the dock and go on board, then feel "a chill in the air" as they put it, turn on their heels and walk off again, even if they desperately needed the money. Of course, the stats are rather skewed by the...
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    'Low Strangeness' Disappearances (Missing Persons; Runaways; Crime-Related)

    There are several other reports about her from the last 10 years or so, although there's precious little detail. Her father's conviction that she was still alive seemed to rest on a single recording of a Kashmiri rebel leader who allegedly spoke certain english words with a 'Skye accent' and who...
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    The Yuba County Five: 'An American Dyatlov Pass' Incident (1978)

    Does that explanation apply to anyone who ever dies outdoors, or just "retarded" sports fans? :rolleyes:
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    The Yuba County Five: 'An American Dyatlov Pass' Incident (1978)

    The biggest problem for me, is the lack of precise detail about their mental abilities (or lack thereof). Terms such as "retarded" and "slow" could have been applied to a huge variety of conditions, from dyslexia through to severe learning difficulties. Without knowing exactly where their crude...
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    Serial Killers

    The GSK would 'stake out' his victims in advance, often entering their houses a few days before the attack to prepare. When he found firearms, he would unload and remove the ammunition.
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