Reader's Digest, Mysteries of the Unexplained

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I love this book - my grandmother had a copy and my sister and would scour over it over and over again until it nearly fell apart. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. The pint-sized helicopter exceeded everyone's wildest expectations having flown 72 missions over 3 years. This book explores some of the most intriguing mysteries over the years, and the theories that people have developed to explain them.

Kids who need a breakthrough can 'piece' their way through a small text like this without getting frustrated, and re-readings only increase their confidence and competence. as writing a review is not optional as the fecking app would have you believe, all I'll say is give these two eedjits a real job, so we can bask in their nonsense on the tellybox too! Easter Island is famous for its hieroglyphs and for hundreds of remarkable monolithic stone heads (moais) whose origin and meaning have been widely debated. my favorite story in the book was the one where a little girl was murdered by 2 men and she haunted them until they were hung I figure that I would do something like that only just to people I don't like in general like some boys at my school who bully me. Follow hundreds of accounts of mysterious events across the world from earliest historical accounts up to the 1970's.This is what Piltdown Man would have looked like if he didn't also happen to be one of the world's most infamous hoaxes.

Here we take a look back at the most popular historical mysteries and discoveries from the last twelve months. The parents got this book years ago when I was still in school and I was delighted to find it still knocking around the house. This audiobook is a compendium of some of the world's most mystifying conundrums, which are guaranteed to bewilder and intrigue.From the end of World War II to the present, the proliferation of conspiracy theories has been a prominent part of American culture, contributing to the polarization of society while undermining confidence in public leaders. Eventually I picked up the book for my own reading pleasure, re-reading favorites and rediscovering more gems along the way. Leon Theremin: During the filming of a documentary (I think "Moog"), he was discovered living in Russia. In this book, it tells crazy stories of things from strange things from above to spontaneous human combustion. Finally some bizarre medical condition that reminded me once again that fairy tales are inspired from reality even in the creation of their apparently most absurd creatures, such as the two headed beings, since nature offered them craniopagus parasiticus – a condition of having two heads (if you are curious to know more Wiki can help you).

Including investigations into prophecy and the paranormal and religious and medical marvels, this book attempts to discover the truth behind the greatest enigmas of the universe. in previous chapters, they seemed to leave the mysteries open, meaning, of course, they are mysteries. Greatest Mysteries of the Unexplained" features the backstories and theories surrounding some of the most famous mysteries - such as the disappearances of Amelia Earhart, hijacker D. Another medium or wizard or oracle or whatever was Rasputin (Rasputin is his surname, and means debauched, by the way) who, after having had a vision of the Holy Mother telling him to help the young Tsarevich Alexis, cured him of hemophilia.NASA's decade-old rover recently spotted something rather familiar while trundling across the surface of the Red Planet. Declassified government documents suggest that a lack of UFO tracking represents a threat to national security. This compendium for kids of all things magical and unexplained throughout the ages will capture the imagination of kids everywhere. It is full of short stories about the supernatural (ghosts, aliens, unexplained happenings) and 'real life' photos and illustrations. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.

Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Some of the stories are really truly unexplainable and will leave one wondering how in the world certain things happen. The 1969 Moon Landing: Although the Moon landscape, the equipment involved, and even the appearance of low gravity could all have been replicated by Hollywood, it would have been impossible to reproduce an accurate astrological representation of a starry sky.Here we take a look back at the most outrageous, peculiar and downright bizarre stories from the last twelve months. The world is full of unexplained mysteries – unusual events that nobody can understand, and questions that nobody can answer. First published in 1903 and widely disseminated in the early twentieth century, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion purports to be the minutes from a nineteenth-century meeting of Jewish rabbis elaborating a secret plot to take over the world. In popular culture, the archaeologist is a hero and role model, competent and resourceful, serving the interests of society and occasionally of humanity through new discoveries and important revelations. Awareness of information that occurs independently of known sensory channels such as sight, hearing, taste, smell, or touch, is referred to as extrasensory perception (ESP).