1. A SHAMANIC GROUP IN
MEXICO WORSHIPS COCA-COLA AS A HEALING DRUG
Shamans in San Juan Chamula, Mexico, believe Coke heals
worshipers. (Cola induces burping, which shamans believe releases evil from the soul.) Writes MexicoRetold.com, "Every group involved in ritual practice had glass
bottles of Coke with them. Generally we saw people drink it in shot glasses,
almost as if they were taking a medicine."
2. IT RAINS DIAMONDS ON SATURN AND JUPITER.
Diamond "hailstones" form on Saturn and Jupiter
when "lightning storms turn methane into soot (carbon) which as it falls
hardens into chunks of graphite and then diamond," according to the BBC. The largest diamonds are purportedly about one centimeter
in diameter. In one interesting theory laid out in a book called Alien Seas, robotic "mining
ships" could be sent to these planets to retrieve the diamonds and bring
them back to earth.
3. SAUDI ARABIA IMPORTS CAMELS FROM AUSTRALIA AND AFRICA
Many of these end up on dinner tables, as camel meat is a popular
foodstuff there. Lately, camel exports from Somalia have resulted
in the spread of the harmful MERS
virus.
4. PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON OWNED AN AMPHIBIOUS CAR AND
USED TO DRIVE GUESTS INTO THE LAKE TO SCARE THEM, SCREAMING ABOUT BRAKE FAILURE
Germany's Amphicar was an amphibious car
mass-produced for sale to the public starting in 1961. One of LBJ's aides recalled: "We reached a steep incline at the edge of the lake
and the car started rolling rapidly toward the water. The president shouted,
‘The brakes don’t work! The brakes won’t hold! We’re going in! We’re going
under!’”
5. THERE WAS A CHICKEN THAT LIVED FOR 18 MONTHS WITH ITS HEAD
CUT OFF
After a farmer failed to properly behead a chicken because
he missed the jugular vein, the bird lived for 18 months. Christened Mike
the Headless Chicken, it survived on a mixture of milk and water, fed into his exposed
esophagus via an eyedropper. The farmer turned Mike into a sideshow
attraction, charging
25 cents admission. For a while, Mike earned $4,500
per month, or $47,500 today.
6. JOHN F. KENNEDY, C. S. LEWIS, AND ALDOUS HUXLEY ALL DIED
ON THE SAME DAY: NOV. 22, 1963.
7. AUSTRALIA ONCE LOST ITS PRIME MINISTER. AS IN, NO ONE
COULD FIND HIM
Harold Holt became prime minister of Australia in 1966. In
1967, he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach. His body was never
found, something officials suspect resulted from "an attack by marine
life, the body being carried out to sea by tides or becoming wedged in rock crevices."
But by law, no official
inquest into his death could be made without a body.
8. HUMANS HAVE THE GENETIC CAPABILITY TO HIBERNATE.
All mammals are equipped with the genetic mechanisms for
hibernation, which can be used as an extreme survival tactic. Read more about
the actual science here
9. THE MOON IS MOVING FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FROM THE EARTH
ALL THE TIME
Just as the moon's gravity pulls on the Earth, the Earth's
gravity pulls on the moon, making it slightly egg-shaped. (Freaky.)
It's also causing the moon to recede
farther away from the Earth. We won't feel any tidal effects from this
for millions of years.
10.BOB MARLEY'S FATHER WAS WHITE
Marley's father Norval Marley, born in the U.K. in 1885,
was a European-Jamaican of
British heritage. At the age of 50, Norval married an 18-year old gospel singer
of African descent named Cedella Malcolm, who gave birth to their son Robert
Nesta Marley. Bob Marley was only 10 when his father
died
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