Earth's Largest Mirror Can Be Seen From Space
From Nation, For Nation - Pulse of the Nation
Each year, the Hawaiian post office receives thousands of pounds of mail with people begging Pele to forgive them.
The Curse of Goddess Pele
“My life literally fell apart,” he said. One minute, he was an employed, law-abiding citizen and the next, he was sitting in a federal penitentiary. He couldn’t figure out what had happened.
The FBI agents who questioned him said they never arrest people for what →
Why were mothers hidden behind curtains and under cloths?
Like spirit photography and death photography, hidden mother photography was another common practice of the Victorian era that looks absolutely creepifying now.
Many mothers, hoping to have pictures taken of their childr →
From Globe, For Globe - Pulse of the Planet
Once a specimen is rendered transparent, dyes rush to their bones and cartilage.
A dead snake curled in a circle peers out from a clear glass container as viewers peer back inside. They can see through the glass and the clear solution, and also through its skin to its neat rows of vertebrae and ribs. The bones and cartilage show intimate details of the snake’s anatomy, in the exact same position in the body as they were in life. The only differences are that the snake is dead, the skin is clear, and th →
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