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October 16th, 2012

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The Spaceship Design So Good We're Not Allowed to Use It

April 11th, 2026

We Finally Know What Killed the Vikings of Greenland

January 20th, 2026

Ii 982 Erik the Red persuade a large from of his gullible Icelandic countrymen to join him in settling Greenand. Maraculously they, I don't want to say thrived. but managed pretty were establishing a lucrative trans-Atlantic trade. But five hundred years later they were subjected to a series of very unfortunate evens in shot order.

How the Mediterranean Sea Disappeared Overnight

November 17th, 2025

Six million years ago, a dramatic tectonic collision between Africa and Europe reshaped the Earth’s landscape, forging majestic mountain ranges but severing the Mediterranean Sea from its vital lifeline—the Atlantic Ocean. Cut off and isolated, the Mediterranean began to evaporate, its waters vanishing into the air and leaving behind an immense, glittering salt desert that tells a story of Earth's relentless transformation. But nature’s story didn’t end there. The narrow Strait of Gibraltar, a gateway long believed to connect these two vast bodies of water, became the stage for one of the most breathtaking natural phenomena in history. In a cataclysmic event that defies ordinary description, the Atlantic surged back, refilling the Mediterranean basin in a spectacular flood that reshaped the region forever. This documentary unravels the astonishing saga of how the Mediterranean Sea disappeared and returned, revealing the power and mystery etched into our planet’s very core.

There's a Strange Stone in the Middle of London and Nobody Knows Why

November 18th, 2024

A fanciful monologue about a mystical stone from the unknown in the majestic city of London.

This Underwater Waterfall Is Confusing Everyone

September 6th, 2024

Pardon the equivocation 'but' let's take a look at a couple underwater waterfalls, sort off. Curiously the one you can look at isn't really a waterfall but the one you can't see kind of is.

Meet the Most Mysterious Woman Who Ever Lived

February 11th, 2022

Here's the still (2022) unsolved mystery of the Isdal Woman found burned to death in the Norwegian mountains in 1970.

This Is the Most Dangerous Object Ever Created

January 28th, 2022

Slated for a third atomic bomb to drop on Japan, the "deamon Core" was instead used for critically research after Japan's surrender. But it still proved lethal.

Why Did All the Children in This Village Suddenly Disappear?

January 10th, 2022

Historians are convinced that in the year 1284, 130 children in the town of Hamelin disappeared. How this happened is still a mystery but there are some better theories than a disgruntled flutist.

Can You Find These Mutations on Your Body?

January 3rd, 2022

We owe humanity to millions of mutations. But some of these mutations are kinda useless these days.

Why the True Story of the Exorcist is Much Worse

December 20th, 2021

If you're writing a novel there's no better place to look that real life especially if you're writing a really strange book like "The Exorcist". And if the real life account isn't quite true, it doesn't really matter.

Changing the Weather Is Much Easier Than You Think

November 8th, 2021

Altering the whether is not a new endeavor but it's beginning to look like scientists are starting to get a handle on it. Which raises the question, is it really a good idea. After all, inducing rain just makes it fall in one place instead of another that may also need it. And then there are the side consequences.

Welcome to the Most Powerful Secret Society in the World

October 22nd, 2021

The bohemian club was founded as a club for journalists and artists in 1872. It was gradually co-opted by rich and powerful American men who now enjoy the club's carefree fortnight in the redwood forest of California with drinking and whatever else.

What Happened When America Tried to Invade Britain?

October 18th, 2021

During the American Revolution John Paul Jones commanding a single ship sailed to Whitehaven England intent on annihilating a fleet of 400 British ships. All was going to plan until his crew developed a thirst in the local pubs and an ungrateful stowaway raised the alarm. But Jones did manage to sink a few ship and inspire the rebel colonists.

Waves Are Getting Bigger and We Don't Know Why

August 20th, 2021

In 1978 the MS Munchen disappeared in a storm it was supposed to be capable of handling. Experts were baffled. Then in1995 the Draupner Oil Platform was struck by a rogue wave that was only expected to occur very ten to twenty thousand years. So the ESA launched project MAXWAVE using orbiting satellites to see often monster waves really occur. Their conclusion: every day.

Step Inside the Weirdest Cult in History

July 16th, 2021

In case you hadn't heard, Pythagorus was weird. And he had a weird cult of followers.

The Old Question Nobody Has Been Able to Answer

July 16th, 2021

Arran discusses George Berkeley's 'idealistic' question "If a tree falls in the forest but know one is their to hear it does it make a sound?" Rather than taking a purely philosophical approach to the question he uses a physical\/semantic approach beginning with "What is sound?"

Why Was This Monkey Hanged?

July 14th, 2021

Legend has it that the monkey statue at the harbor of Hartlepool England is a tribute to the sole survivor of a French shipwreck during the Napoleonic wars. The locals, having never seen, and thinking it was, a Frenchman hanged it as an enemy combatant. But there are any number of other version of the legend running all the way up to the Scottish coast. And you better be careful about which version you favor because deviations from the local story are not well received.

The Terrifying Story of the Real Moby Dick

May 10th, 2021

Arran recounts the ill fated whaling voyage of the Essex. Rammed and sunk by a giant sperm whale, the crew survived on meager supplies for months at sea in the ship's whale boats. Eventually crew members began to succumb to starvation and the surviving crew members turned to cannibalism leaving Hermann Melville a story line for a new book.

Meet the Greatest Sniper Who Ever Lived

April 28th, 2021

In 1939 the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a non aggression pact and agreed a division of Europe. To claim their spoils the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland. But the Finns were well prepared for a guerrilla war. One of their most prominent combatants was Simo Hayha who averaged over five kills per day, including the Soviet snipers who were hunting him, until he was wounded in the final days of of the war.

Ever Had Deja Vu? This Is Why.

December 1st, 2020

Deja Vu has been extensively studied by scientists as you probably recall. But you probably don't recall that these scientists have developed a multitude of theories about why it happens so hear's another run down.

Can't Focus? It's Not Your Fault, You're Being Tricked. This is How.

February 28th, 2020

These Ancient Relics Are so Advanced They Really Shouldn't Exist

October 26th, 2017

The Antikythera Mechanism and Voynich Manuscript are relics from 2000 and 600 years ago that continue to baffle experts. The Antikythera Mechanism is an compact, ancient Greek, mechanical clock-calendar with precision and complexity that is know nowhere else in the next 1500 years. The Voynich Manuscript is a large handwritten book that is apparently encoded and remains the only text before 1800 that has not been decrypted.

Top 10 Strangest Elements

February 9th, 2015

Add or remove a proton from an atom and you have an entirely different element with an entirely different set of properties and behaviors. Some of these behaviors are quite unusual. For example; the metal gallium melts in your hand. Melt yellow sulfur and it becomes a red liquid. Curium glows in the dark. And we're just getting started.

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