Bizarre Mysteries That Remain Unsolved to This Day

5,000 Dead Birds

On New Year's Ever in 2010, a small Arkansas town was terrified when 5,000 blackbirds suddenly began flying into buildings, trees, and telephone poles, dying instantly. The town wrote it off as a one-time instance caused by fireworks. However, the very next year, it happened again, despite the fireworks ban. Many took it as an omen signaling the end of the world.

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The More You Know

  • The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
  • A former NASA scientist invented the Super Soaker.
  • Yosemite means "those who kill."
  • You spend about 10% of the time you're awake blinking.
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