Tornado Facts
Perhaps it’s the spinning motion of tornadoes that captures our attention. The fact that they spin is the most basic of tornado facts. Tornadoes...
Eiffel Tower Facts
Eiffel tower facts tell us about this iconic symbol of Paris, France and the world. While the tower is located in Paris, people all...
What Is Darwin’s Dilemma?
“Darwin’s dilemma” refers to Charles Darwin’s bafflement that the fossil record contradicted what his theory evolution predicted. In his classic book On the Origin...
Pole Shifting
"In a polar region there is a continual deposition of ice, which is not symmetrically distributed about the pole. The earth's rotation acts on...
Facts About The Moon
The dark side of the moon is a myth.
In reality both sides of the Moon see the same amount of sunlight however only...
10 Incredible Images from the Hubble Telescope
Nearly everyone has heard of the Hubble telescope. It may be less than eight feet long – but after 23 years, it still gives...
10 Surprising Ways Animals Use Tools
What is it that separates humans from the rest of the animals on the planet? It’s not our thumbs, or our tendency to wage...
Top 10 Reasons Bigfoot Probably Doesn’t Exist
The name Bigfoot is synonymous with mystery to many people out there; and after the countless claims – the sightings, footprints, videos and photographs...
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a megalithic monument on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England, composed mainly of thirty upright stones (sarsens, each over ten feet tall...
10 Issues That Are Hindering a Voyage to Mars
Any mission to Mars would be fraught with difficulties – but as this list will show, none of the challenges are necessarily insurmountable. Decades...
Praying Mantis Fact
In Spite of Female Cannibalism Makes a Lovely Docile Domestic Pet
Carnivorous and infamous, the praying mantis devours anything of suitable size it can find,...
Antikythera Mechanism
In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found the remains of a clocklike mechanism 2,000 years old. The mechanism now appears to...
Penguin Facts
Penguin facts tell an interesting story about a bird that once flew, and then evolved to become a better swimmer, but lost its ability...
This May Be Life’s ‘Missing Ingredient’
Billions of years ago, molecules on a lifeless and tumultuous Earth mixed, forming the first life-forms. Eons later, a larger, smarter form of life...
10 Terrifying Prehistoric Sea Monsters
Some of the largest creatures this world has ever seen lived millions of years ago. Here are ten of the largest, most fearsome sea...
Theories on the Formation of Crop Circles
The following outline is a summary of theories and working hypotheses regarding the mechanisms of crop circle formation. Bear in mind that there are...
The Mysterious Ice Rings of Siberia’s Lake Baikal — Solved?
Siberia’s Lake Baikal holds a number of world records for lakes – oldest lake, deepest, largest freshwater lake by volume, and subjectively, the world’s...
MORE INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT URANUS
Uranus has the distinction of being the first planet discovered in modern history. Actually, its discovery as a planet almost did not happen. In...
We are not local ourselves...
The Mysteries Of Camouflage And Mimicry
In nature, any species is sought after by other predator or prey species, which detect it through their senses (sight, hearing, smell). Victims can...
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“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
