32 Mysterious And Bizarre Posts That Show Just How Weird Our World Really Is

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But snow itself makes a sound when it hits the ground. If you are in an area with enough peace and quiet, you can hear it - it's almost a crackling sound. I don't know the technical word for it, but I think the Japanese call it shen shen or shin shin, or something like that.

Can't wait for the snow to fall here in North Sweden. I love the cold. I have a hypothermia temperature as my normal temperature and when the temperature goes above 15c I'm in agony from heatstroke.

And I thought it was quiet just because snow's fluffy! :-)

I love to kayak the small river ,that runs through my place,after a snow. So quiet. Just the sound of water, snow birds, and your thoughts.

It's also a potential navigational nightmare, since from that point every possible direction of travel is due North.

Not the only place on Earth: You can stand on the border between Alabama and Mississippi and go from 1860 to 1861 and back.

... and you know that anybody who has been stationed there for more than a week or two absolutely complains about any newbies being snowbirds who don't know how to drive. "Go back north, you friggin carpetbagger".

I'm so tired of the geographic South Pole and all its weird sh*t

Imagine committing a crime here, and when the police ask when it happened you just stand there.

Reinsert the nail to snooze

Given the range of evidence (only on 'did you know' type sites with zero sources or evidence), I call bs. Some places say only in China, and I can roundly say no to that idea. Candles were not left lit at night either - they were EXPENSIVE.

I always wondered how people like servants got up on time before alarms. I am a total night owl and a heavy sleeper, it takes 7 alarms to get me up in the morning.

Lol. Instead of a snooze button getting slammed. Nails, wax, and small pan get slung across the room.

I can't sleep with any light.

OMG it's Fangorn Forest

Fangorn

While reading the description you picture a magnificent gigantic wild forest with endemic fauna and flora. But it’s a ridiculously small (3ha/8acres) piece of man altered wood and a big pile of storytelling. LoL

This is local to me, visit often. Plans are afoot to expand the forest by planting more trees and allowing nature to do its thing

Beautiful and I hope well protected!

Though animals do react to foreshocks, Haicheng was evacuated because the city's researchers also read increased seismic activity and concluded correctly that they were foreshocks. These foreshocks were magnitude 4 and could be felt across the province.

Did they take the animals with them?

Animals are very good at detecting this stuff early. I've heard people who live near active volcanoes keep cats to predict eruptions days before it happens. Basically if an animal is freaking out, then you should too.

Well not exactly. Over a period of months, changes in land elevation and ground water levels had been reported, and there were widespread accounts of peculiar animal behavior and other possible precursors to an earthquake. A regional increase in seismicity (which later was recognized as foreshocks) had triggered a low-level alert. Subsequently, an increase in foreshock activity triggered the evacuation warning.

Animals are amazing. Dog acting weird? Under something like the bed ypu go!

I was there and it's definitely worth a visit.

It's beautiful to visit. Warning for those who are interested: It's either a steep walk, or take the shuttle (cash only)

I’m sure that from 33 generations someone other than the current owner is still there.

it is also, I seem to remember reading, one of only 3 castles in the region that has never fallen to an enemy attack.

I did a puzzle of that place once, It's amazing. What a beautiful building.

Her name is Ella Williams. She was American, born 10 months after Emancipation, and gained her stature after contracting malaria from a mosquito bite. She refused offers from circuses and promoters until her 30s, where she agreed to be hired on a British tour by Frank C. Bostock as it paid better than her job. She mostly toured Europe, since her employer believed she'd be more accepted there, and I don't see anything suggesting mistreatment or poor pay with Bostock, but I shall check more. She was however an international star. She returned to America at the start of WW1 and did shows into the 1920s, but records of her disappear around then. Evidence shows that she may have suffered financially after returning to America, and she was doing shows into her 60s.