mysteries
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Facebook Accidentally Asked Users If Every Single Post In Their Feed Contained Hate Speech
For a brief period today, Facebook asked at least some of its users to report whether every single post in their feed contained hate speech. Right above where one would normally like or comment on a post, Facebook users were asked: “Does this post contain hate speech?” For users who saw this request, it appeared…
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‘Alien’ Mummy Found In Atacama Desert Is Actually A Tiny, Mutated Human
Back in 2003, a strange skeleton was discovered in a deserted Chilean town in the Atacama Desert. Featuring an elongated skull, sunken eye sockets, and an impossibly tiny body, some suggested it was of extraterrestrial origin. An updated genetic analysis confirms the skeleton as being human — but with an unprecedented variety of mutations.
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Scientists Have No Idea Why This Enriched Uranium Particle Was Floating Above Alaska
On 3 August 2016, 7km above Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, a research plane captured something mysterious: An atmospheric aerosol particle enriched with the kind of uranium used in nuclear fuel and bombs.
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How Exactly Did 7 Kilograms Of Meat End Up On A Roof In Florida? An Investigation
In a parallel universe, there’s a planet where it rains only Italian cured meats. It appears that somehow, a wormhole has ripped through the space-time continuum and connected that world to ours, as evidenced by an assemblage of Italian sausage recently found on a family’s roof in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It’s a mystery meat whodunnit…