The Wildest Things You Never Knew About Area 51

The Mile Long Strip

This landing strip is located within the restricted zone just north of Area 51, labeled Area 6. Conspirators theorize that this area is actually a cover for the fabled underground pathway, and the end of the landing strip is a hatch that leads to the entrance of the tunnel to the supposed laboratory.

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The More You Know

  • The designer of the current United States flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. He received a B-.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • Male seahorses bear their young.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. had a C in public speaking.
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