Facts About Yonaguni Monument - strangefacts

• Yonaguni Monument is one of all the famous monuments in Japan, perhaps none is more perplexing than Yonaguni, an underwater rock formation that lies off the coast of the Ryuku Islands

•  It was discovered in 1987 by a group of divers who were there to observe Hammerhead sharks, and it immediately sparked a huge amount of debate in the Japanese scientific community

• The monument is made up of a series of striking rock formations including massive platforms, carved steps, and huge stone pillars that lie at depths of 5-40 meters

• There is a triangular formation that has become known as “the turtle” for its unique shape, as well as a long, straight wall that borders one of the larger platforms

• The currents in the area are known for being particularly treacherous, but this has not stopped the Yonaguni monument from becoming one of the most popular diving locations in all of Japan

• The ongoing debate surrounding Yonaguni centers on one key subject: is the monument a natural phenomenon, or is it man-made?

• Scientists have long argued that millennia of strong currents and erosion have carved the formations out of the ocean floor, and they point to the fact that the monument is all one piece of solid rock as proof that it was not assembled by a builder

• Others, though, point to the many straight edges, square corners and 90-degree angles of the formation as proof that it’s artificial

• They often cite one formation in particular, a section of rock that resembles a crude carving of a human face, as evidence

• If they are right, then an even more interesting mystery presents itself: who constructed the Yonaguni Monument, and for what purpose?

Facts About Newgrange - strangefacts

• Newgrange considered to be the oldest and most famous prehistoric site in all of Ireland

• Newgrange is a tomb that was built from earth, wood, clay, and stone around 3100 BC, some 1000 years before the construction of the pyramids in Egypt

• It consists of a long passage that leads to a cross-shaped chamber that was apparently used as a tomb, as it contains stone basins filled with cremated remains

Newgrange View

• The most unique feature of Newgrange is its careful and sturdy design, which has helped the structure remain completely waterproof to this day

• Most amazing of all, the entrance to the tomb was positioned relative to the sun in such a way that on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, the rays from the sun are channeled through the opening and down the nearly 60 foot passageway, where they illuminate the floor of the monument’s central room

• Archeologists know Newgrange was used as a tomb, but why and for who still remains a mystery

• The painstaking design needed to guarantee that the yearly solstice event occurs suggests that the site was held in high regard, but other than the obvious hypothesis that the sun featured prominently in the mythology of the builders, scientists are at a loss to describe the true reason for Newgrange’s construction.

Facts About Cahokia Mounds - strangefacts

• Cahokia is the name given to an Indian settlement that exists outside of Collinsville, Illinois

• Archeologists estimate that the city was founded sometime around 650 AD, and its complex network of burial grounds and sophisticated landscaping prove that it was once a thriving community

•  It has been estimated that at its peak the city was home to as many as 40,000 people, which would have made it the most populous settlement in America prior to the arrival of the Europeans

Cahokia Mounds View

• The most notable aspect of Cahokia today are the 80 mounds of earth, some as high as 100 feet, which dot the 2,200-acre site. These helped create a network of plazas throughout the city, and it is believed that important buildings, like the home of the settlement’s chief, were built on top of them

• The site also features a series of wooden posts that archeologists have dubbed “woodhenge.”

• The posts are said to mark the solstices and equinoxes, and supposedly figured prominently in the community’s astronomical mythology

• Although scientists are constantly discovering new information about the Cohokia community, the biggest mystery that remains is which modern Indian tribe is descended from the residents of the ancient city, as well as just what it was that caused them to abandon their settlement

Facts About Egypt - strangefacts

• Cleopatra became queen of Egypt in 51 B.C.

• Model soldiers date back about 4,000 years in Ancient Egypt

• About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30

• Ancient Egyptian women used to wear perfume cones made of wax that would melt in the heat letting out a nice fragrance

• Ancient Egyptians believed that onions would keep evil spirits away 

• Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips

• Ancient Egyptians used the spice Thyme to help preserve mummies

• Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal neglect

• In 1888, an Egyptian peasant discovered an estimated three hundred thousand mummified cats in Beni Hassan, Egypt

• In Ancient Egypt, cats were often buried with their masters, or in a special cemetery for cat

• In ancient Egypt, doctors used jolts from the electric catfish to reduce the pain of arthritis  

• In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies including their eyebrows and eyelashes

• In ancient Egypt, the only person who was allowed to wear cotton was the High Priest

• Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats

• Ramses II, a pharaoh of Egypt died in 1225 B.C. At the time of his death, he had fathered 96 sons and 60 daughters

• Egyptians generally live in nuclear family households, but close to extended family; in a city, related families may live in the same apartment building

• Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible

• Lady Peseshet of Ancient Egypt (2600-2100 BC) is the world’s first known female physician

• The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 BC

• The longest reigning monarch in history was Pepi II, who ruled Egypt for 90 years; 2566 to 2476 BC

• Egyptians shaved their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when they lost a beloved cat

• The earliest type of robot was a water clock invented in Egypt in 250 BC

• Ancient Egyptians believed eating fried mice would cure a toothache

• The casting of love spells is an ancient art. Archaeological evidence suggests they originated in Egypt about 5,000 years ago

• In ancient Egypt when a woman's husband was convicted of a crime, she and her children would be punished as well

Facts About Dragon's Triangle - strangefacts

• The "Devil's Sea" and the Dragon's Triangle ( Devil's Triangle ) located in the Philippine Sea off China's eastern coast near Japan.

• This place is known for vanishing ships and seamen similar to the legendary Bermuda Triangle.

• You can notic in the above picture that has been taken from satellite and 4 objects clearly seen in dragons triangle. You may also notice that they looks like UFO's spaceships that mostly people claims that they have seen some flying ships.

• The Dragon's Triangle on the opposite spot of the earth as the Bermuda Traingle. Considering the unique history of both regions it can't be coincedence. The only other places on earth that are in exact opposite locations are the Poles. 

Dragons Triangle Map View

• While sensational theories for the mysterious disappearances speak of extraterrestrials and lost kingdoms under the sea wreaking havoc, others believe that the region displays the same magnetic anomalies as the Bermuda Triangle

• The area, which can be marked off on a map by connecting Japan, Taiwan, and Yap Island, has become known as the Dragon's Triangle after a centuries-old Chinese myth

• According to the myth, dragons live deep beneath the surface and their movement can suddenly churn up waves, whirlpools, thick fog, and sudden storms

•  In 1950, Japanese officials declared the triangle a danger zone for shipping. In 1952, a research vessel, the Kaio Maru No. 5, sent by the Japanese government to investigate the troubled waters, vanished without a trace, and 22 crewmen and nine scientists were lost

• Like the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil's Triangle area may be volatile, subject to sudden weather changes and ocean swells not yet understood

• Undersea volcanoes are believed to influence the area's sudden environmental changes. Others cite mikakunin hiko-buttai, Japanese for UFOs

Facts About Bermuda Triangle - strangefacts

• The Bermuda Triangle, also called the Devil's Triangle, is an imaginary area that can be roughly outlined on a map by connecting Miami, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the Bahamas, an island chain off the coast of the United States. 

• Within that triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean have occurred a number of unexplained disappearances of boats and planes when ever any thing try to flew over this place it disappears.

• Unusual events in that area date back in recorded history to 1493 and the first voyage of Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) to the New World.

• As early as 1952, George X. Sands had noted in a report in Fate magazine that an unusually large number of strange accidents had occurred in the region associated with the Bermuda Triangle. That many of the accidents in the area are intriguing, and that the area does have some natural conditions that sailors and pilots need to be aware of, has not been challenged.

• In March 1918, during World War I, the USS Cyclops vanished in the Bermuda Triangle. That ship may have been a casualty of war, but the December 1945 disappearance of Flight 19, a training squadron of five U.S.

• Navy torpedo bombers, became the most notorious of disappearances associated with the Bermuda Triangle. The squadron left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with 14 crewmen and disappeared after radioing in several distress messages. A seaplane sent in search of the squadron also vanished. Those two airplane disappearances were frequently cited as the Bermuda Triangle legend grew during the 1960s and 1970s.

• Other aircraft that have disappeared in the area include a DC-3 carrying 27 passengers in 1948 and a C-124 Globemaster with 53 passengers in 1951.

•  Among the ships often listed among the mysteriously disappeared are the Mary Celeste (1872), the Marine tankership Sulphur Queen with 39 men aboard (1963), and the nuclear-powered submarine Scorpion with a crew of 99 (1968).

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  Bermuda Triangle in Map View

  The Mary Celeste entered the list of supposed Bermuda Triangle mysteries many decades after its odd tragedy. The ship set sail from New York to Genoa, Italy, but was found sailing unmanned some 400 miles off course, off the coast of Africa. 

• There is no evidence, however, that the Mary Celeste ever entered the area of the Bermuda Triangle. Still, the eerie, unanswered questions concerning its fate are often cited by those who attribute a malevolent force as being responsible for odd and tragic events of the triangle.

• Nevertheless, there are many documented disappearances that occurred within the triangle. They include a four-engine Tudor IV air-plane lost in 1948, with 31 aboard; an American freighter, the SS Sandra (1952), which sunk without a trace; a British York transport plane, disappeared in 1952, with 33 aboard; a U.S. Navy Lockheed Constellation airplane, vanished in 1954 with 42 aboard; a U.S. Navy seaplane, 1956, with a crew of 10; a French freighter in 1970; and a German freighter, Anita, lost in 1972 with a crew of 32.

• The Bermuda Triangle claimed more than 1,000 lives during the twentieth century. That averages to about 10 per year, a figure similar to other areas of high water traffic or volatile natural conditions. Scientific evaluations of the Bermuda Triangle have concluded that the number of disappearances in the region is not abnormal and that most of the disappearances have logical explanations. Paranormal associations with the Bermuda Triangle persist, however, in the popular imagination.

Facts About UFO - strangefacts

• Jimmy Carter once reported a UFO in Georgia 

• The odds are 1 out of 7 (14%) that you think you saw a UFO

•  The first men to walk on the Moon reported seeing a UFO. NASA officials told Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to keep quiet about it

• Someone on Earth reports seeing a UFO every three minutes

•  There are UFO reports in newspapers and literature dating back to 1865 

•  The United States Air Force coined the term 'UFO' in 1952

• In the US, UFO sightings are most likely to occur in July, at 9pm or 3am

•  The Famous UFO sighting is in Hangzhou China in July, 8 2010 due to which whole airport had to be shutdown at 9 pm