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The Mystery of Spontaneous Human Combustion

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Just a Stock Image of Fire Spontaneous Human Combustion Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the process through which a living or recently deceased body goes through combustion at such a rapid pace that the body self ignites or explodes usually without any external source of ignition. As insane as it does sound, there have actually been a few reported cases of SHC happening in real life and leaving grim and burned sites with little to no explanation as to how or why it happened. This phenomenon has also been seen in pop culture and literature such as in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens and these depictions also share similar characteristics with actual reported cases. The first known use of the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion dates all the way back to the 17th century but it was really due to the novel “Bleak House” wherein one of the characters is killed off by SHC that it gained popularity. After this, there were a large number of cases recorded in the...

The Piri Reis Map

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The Piri Reis Map What is the Piri Reis Map? The Piri Reis Map is a map of the whole world that was created in the year 1513 and encompasses a great mystery within it.  The map is drawn on a gazelle skin parchment and is roughly 35 by 24 inches in size.  It is one of the most interesting and important maps from its time due to the extent of the world shown and its use and display of things beyond its time. While the map is in decent condition, sadly, what we have today seems to only be  approximately one-third of the original and nobody knows where the rest is. The map was found in Istanbul, Turkey by a theologian named Gustav Deissmann who was in the process of cataloging the contents of Istanbul’s Topaki Palace Library. During this, he and the palace director found many bundles of maps and charts hidden within unrelated documents. They went through all the documents and discovered a map that seemed important to them at first glance. After verification by an e...

Majestic 12, The Government's Alien Organization

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Stock Image of a UFO in a Breaking Bad RV Meth Lab worthy location What is Majestic 12? Many of you must've heard of some or the other conspiracy theory about aliens and government involvement in their existence such as "Area 51" and today I'll be talking about another one of the most popular ones related to this. Majestic 12 (a.k.a "M-12) is claimed to be a government organization formed in 1974 headed by 12 men with the sole purpose of facilitating UFO and extraterrestrial investigations while maintaining an absolute level of secrecy in their existence. This organization was supposedly created by U.S. President Harry Truman after an alien space an alien spacecraft that crashed on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. The group is said to consist of senior advisors from the military, intelligence, and scientific communities and is thus at the top of the government's hierarchy. This organization came to be known in the public eye mainly ...

The Philosopher's Stone & Magnum Opus

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What is The Philosopher's Stone? Many of you may have already heard about this legendary substance from places like Harry Potter or Full Metal Alchemist which is where I personally first heard of it. Amazingly, this alchemic legend isn't just for shows and fiction but is also a real legend and many people believe that it does or at one point, may have existed. To start off, What is alchemy? Well, Alchemy is basically the predecessor to modern chemistry. It deals with transmutation, which means changing of matter from one form to another the major goals or focuses of alchemy were attempting to transmute common metals into gold as well as many spiritual aspects such as attaining immortality and spiritual knowledge. Now, The Philosopher's Stone is a substance of some sort, usually said to be a red or white stone that is claimed to be capable of increasing the possibilities of alchemy to limitless proportions. The stone is claimed to be able to help an alchemist turn o...