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History's Most Overlooked Mysteries
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| July 25, 2007
| Tuan C. Nguyen
Posted on 04/29/2012 7:17:10 AM PDT by wildbill
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Nine more neat mysteries of history with short precis of the reason why they are on the list.
You may have some other on your personal list, but that's part of the wonderful mystery of history.
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posted on
04/29/2012 7:17:13 AM PDT
by
wildbill
To: wildbill
Maybe it was a Rapture. Ever notice how a lot of tourists react to seeing some incredible structure dating back thousands of years? I've seen so many get off the bus or mini van take some pictures, smile in front of a camera, and get back on the bus because it's too hot outside or they check it off their list of things to do before lunch.
I say appreciate the past for it will repeat itself.
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posted on
04/29/2012 7:27:06 AM PDT
by
shadeaud
( “Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8”. Just doing my duty a Christian)
To: wildbill
The more we know, the more we don’t know.
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posted on
04/29/2012 7:38:34 AM PDT
by
ILS21R
(John Locke: When the social contract is broken, the people must revolt.)
To: wildbill
Mystery 1.1...How the current resident of the White House got to move in!!!
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posted on
04/29/2012 7:40:53 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: ILS21R
The Unconscious/Incompetence model explains the different levels of understanding.
To: wildbill
... excavations revealed a hygienically-advanced culture which maintained a sophisticated sewage drainage system and immaculate bathrooms.They sure never made it to the Illinois Tollway.
To: wildbill
``hygienically-advanced culture...
immaculate bathrooms...
Even to the very end, it seems, they kept it clean.
Sounds like hospital-clean to me-
and you know what runs rampant in hospitals?
STAPH
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posted on
04/29/2012 7:52:33 AM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(Industaph??? Who knew?)
To: Don Corleone
Mystery 1.1...How the current resident of the White House got to move in!!!
If he had a moving truck it would look like this.
Let's make sure that it is in use again on Sunday, January 20, 2013.
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posted on
04/29/2012 7:54:35 AM PDT
by
COUNTrecount
(Barry...above his poi grade.)
To: wildbill
I love this stuff. Thanks for posting!
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:02:40 AM PDT
by
Student0165
("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." Barack Hussein Obama)
To: wildbill
"Myseries? I can explain it all..."
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:12:55 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
("I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands." Col. Nicholson-The Bridge on the River Qwai)
To: bunkerhill7
Their secret to clean bathrooms evidently was never passed to the Chevron gas station down the street from me....
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:13:04 AM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: wildbill
11. Why Socialism ALWAYS fails every time it is tried but is never discredited as a viable economic model.
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:22:01 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: wildbill
The Carnac Stones If erecting Stonehenge seemed to have been a tremendous groan, think about how backbreaking it must have been the folks responsible for the Carnac stones.
To: wildbill
I’m wondering if this one will ever make the list:
“Why did the History Channel Stop Doing History?”
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:27:04 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
To: nevergore
The secret is bleach, frequently and mercilessly, in an impervious surfaced space, no vinyl, no wallpaper, no sheetrock. Nothing but smooth ceramic tile and gloss oil painted lime plaster walls, so you can hose it out if need be, and there is a need more often than you’d think in a public restroom. People are pigs, especially when they know they’re not going to be cleaning it up.
Oh, and ventilation, plenty of that, being enclosed with such an amount of chlorine fumes will make you see stars and pass out if you don’t get fresh air and quickly.
If a toilet seat is cracked or chipped, it’s going to harbor some nasty microorganisms regardless of how clean the rest of the restroom might be, don’t use it or carefully cover it before using.
To: LS
“Why did the History Channel Stop Doing History?”
Answer:
1. A History program is hard to document and write and expensive to film if you use period sets and costumes.
2. Reality shows with human conflicts get higher ratings in our popular culture.
3.Cajun gator hunters and lumberjacks work cheap.
4. All of the above.
The correct answer is 4. All of the above.
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:37:10 AM PDT
by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: wildbill
I hate the journalism lists these days where you have to wait for each number on the list to load its separate page. I avoid them no matter how interesting they may seem.
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:44:30 AM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: LS
Ive been wondering the same thing for the past year or so. hell they could just change the name to “The Discovery Channel”.
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:54:57 AM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
To: wildbill; SunkenCiv
Pinging Sunken Civ! Not sure if this qualifies for your ping list, but you may find this personally interesting!
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posted on
04/29/2012 9:10:49 AM PDT
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TEXOKIE
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