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The Red Rain That Fell From Space!
A crimson rainfall in India at the turn of our most recent century has been rumored to feature properties that we’ve never seen on Earth before or since. New research demonstrates that the cells of the rain can replicate in extremely...
Who Created A Smooth 200-Yard Trench On Mars?
Well… duh. Other theories (notably less awesome than an all powerful, semi-emo superman) include an “oblique impact, when a small body struck the surface at a very shallow angle.” Boring. [Pop Sci]
A Dude Gets Sucked Into A Freaking Jet Engine And Survives (Video)
Thanks to Weird Things reader Dan Wheeler for sending this in.
How A Dead Sorcerer Began The Concept Of Feasting For The Deceased
The oldest known shaman died and was buried in a Northern Israeli cave. Everyone thought it would be a good idea to stuff their faces with food in her memory. Because of this, you ate a ham plate at your Uncle Barry’s wake. Life is...
Grandfather’s Family Ghost Story Leads To Horrific Mass Grave
So your kindly grandfather makes it a point every Thanksgiving to spook the kids with a little ghost story. Back in 1832, he’d say whilst wiping the remains of cranberry sauce from his white button down, 57 Irish immigrant railroad workers...
There It Is! Letter Recovered After 400 Years Contains Secret Language
A letter found in the ruins of a collapsed Spanish colonial church in Peru could be the key to a heretofore undiscovered language. Awesome. “Even though [the letter] doesn’t tell us a whole lot, it does tell us about a language that is...
Woman Caught Smuggling Drugged Tiger Cub In Luggage
Stop me when you’ve heard this one. A Thai national is trying to smuggle a two-month old tiger cub to Iran, so she drugs the cute little buggers and tosses them into a carry on bag filled with stuffed tigers so as to throw off security....
Mayans Might Have Created Artificial Lakes
Researchers have found that Mayans protected their drinking water by installing a layer of ceramic shards. Pretty crafty… If so, that would be a minor sensation — merely due to the quantity of ceramics required. The aguadas in Uxul were...
Nike Files Patent For <i>Back To The Future</i> Inspired Self-Lacing Shoes
The dream is real! Marty McFly’s self-lacing shoes could become science fact as Nike filed a patent for the tech in 2009. [Nice Kicks]
Thieving Packs Of Baboons Terrorize South African Community
Cut off from nature! Fenced in by the sea! The only recourse? Rob the humans blind! This summer… they’re not monkeying around. They are South African Baboon Thieves! [BBC]
Real Life Eye Of Sauron Revealed!
Okay, it’s really the most detailed picture of a sun spot ever taken. Still… [Pop Sci]
Amateurs Inform Air Force Secret Space Plane Changed Orbit
Is the secret X-37B space plane going rogue? Or is this part of the plan for the Air Force’s mystery vessel? Either way, amateur sky watchers found the reusable space plane had boosted itself into a different orbit last week. This might be...
Canadian Sewer Workers Happen Upon Gigantic Dinosaur Tooth
A work crew in Edmonton found a huge dinosaur bone while working in a sewer tunnel. What’s amazing is not necessarily the discovery, but the cavalier attitude held by the museum official the crew turned the fossil over to. Museum officials...
The Strange History Of Pre-UFO Sentient Fireballs
How did folks describe UFO phenomenon before we had the science fiction constructs to fill in the blanks of interstellar travelers from deep space? Probably a lot like 12-year-old George Campbell of Sherman, Texas in 1898. “Last night papa...
Podcast: Exotic meats
Old People With Super Powers & R2-D2 Gets Married
The Pesky Psychopath Problem: Could Science Identify & Possibly Cure Them?
Who hasn’t dealt with a psychopath? You offer to help them put a sofa in the back of a van one moment, badda bing badda boom you’re putting the lotion on your skin or else you get the hose again… A new report by Scientific American’s MIND...
Baboon Hoax Leads To Proof Of Monkey Dance
At The Edge Of Conspiracy A Man Stands With A His Finger On The Zoom
For artist Tervor Paglen, the truth is out there. Seriously, it’s like 60 miles away and you’re standing in front of his shot. Can you move? Thank you. Paglen has become famous for compiling very long range, grainy photos of the the most...
We’ve Been Living A Lie: Blind Mole Rats Not Actually Blind
They even see colors, those lying little vermin. Impostors! [Live Science]