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Tag: Bizarre
‘Venus is a Russian planet’ claims space chief
Dmitry Rogozin made the rather bizarre claim while speaking to reporters at an exhibition last week. As head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Rogoz… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339653/venus-is-a-russian-planet-claims-space-chief…
Weird science projects gain Ig Nobel Prize
Some of this year’s most bizarre science projects were recognized at an online ceremony this week. A parody of the better-known and more prestigious N… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339608/weird-science-projects-gain-ig-nobel-prize…
Man uses live snake as face mask on UK bus
Commuters couldn’t believe their eyes this week when a man wearing a large snake got onto the bus. In what must surely be the most bizarre response to… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339592/man-uses-live-snake-as-face-mask-on-uk-bus…
Research reveals an enormous planet quickly orbiting a tiny, dying star
Thanks to a bevy of telescopes in space and on Earth—and even a pair of amateur astronomers in Arizona—a University of Wisconsin-Madison astronomer and his colleagues have discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting at breakneck speed around a distant white dwarf star. The system, about 80 light years away, violates all common conventions about stars and planets. The white dwarf is the…
Curious bear rings house doorbell late at night
An unexpected visitor of a furry, four-legged variety gave one family quite a surprise earlier this month. The bizarre incident, which was captured on… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339539/curious-bear-rings-house-doorbell-late-at-night…
A Supercomputer Analyzed COVID-19, and an Interesting New Hypothesis Has Emerged
Thelasko shares a report from Medium: Earlier this summer, the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee set about crunching data on more than 40,000 genes from 17,000 genetic samples in an effort to better understand Covid-19. Summit is the second-fastest computer in the world, but the process — which involved analyzing 2.5 billion genetic combinations — still took…
Cops flee from ‘goblins’ found in suitcase
A bizarre story from Zimbabwe reportedly saw two cops discover ‘goblins’ while searching a suitcase. According to reports, the peculiar incident began… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339222/cops-flee-from-goblins-found-in-suitcase…
Girl is lifted into the air by a kite in Taiwan
A freak accident saw a young girl being carried skyward by a large kite during a kite festival earlier today. The bizarre series of events occurred in… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339151/girl-is-lifted-into-the-air-by-a-kite-in-taiwan…
Is Blockchain ‘the Amazing Solution for Almost Nothing’?
Long-time Slashdot reader leathered shares an investigation from the Correspondent about blockchain — and ” what’s so terribly revolutionary about it? What problem does it solve…? I can tell you upfront, it’s a bizarre journey to nowhere. I’ve never seen so much incomprehensible jargon to describe so little… And I’ve never seen so many people searching so hard for a problem…