Reader's Digest, Mysteries of the Unexplained

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His enigmatic predictions, written in rhymed quatrains, have established him as one of the most famous prophets in history. The Big Book of Unexplained Mysteries explores these and 38 other mysteries from the fields of science, history, true crime, the supernatural and a variety of other categories. Each unexplained mystery, whether ancient or modern, presents the reader with its own unique challenge. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. It's nothing that half an hour on r/UnresolvedMysteries or r/TrueCreepy won't net you, but it's cute and charming in its dated, factually inaccurate, pre-internet way.

A gossipy reading, with no bibliography to back it up and full of insightful comments like “many believe” or “it seems likely”, or “could it have been…? How were the hunter-gatherers of Göbekli Tepe able to build a series of stunning stone monuments six thousand years before Stonehenge? Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centers that host Etsy. The man had dreamt that there was gold underneath his kitchen and then spent over a year digging straight down. I would sneak it from the bookcase into my room at night and read it after lights out because my mom wouldn't let me read it by myself.NASA's decade-old rover recently spotted something rather familiar while trundling across the surface of the Red Planet. These brief 'text shots' are highly engaging and motivating, can stand up to multiple re-readings, but without avoiding difficult vocabulary. Even Jack-in-the-box seems inspired by the Jumping Frenchman of Maine syndrome (which came to my attention because it was firstly diagnosed on fellow Canadians ☺) – an exaggerated reflex reaction to the smallest of shocks. The stories and accounts in the 300+ pages of this book are well-written, nearly always interesting, and, in some cases, downright creepy! You are about to enter a space that some describe as "between worlds" and others know as "the unknown".

Viruses trapped in permafrost for thousands of years could potentially thaw out and infect modern humans. 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.It traces the history of magic ritual from spells and potions to alchemy and divination, as well as investigating other mysteries of the paranormal. A compelling compendium of some the world’s most mystifying conundrums, from strange quirks of nature to supernatural phenomena, this collection of scintillating investigations presents the theories surrounding a diverse range of topics that defy straightforward explanation. My sister got this book for x-mas a long time ago, and I was fascinated by the stories it told, particularly ghost stories, spontaneous human combustion and others. Born in adventure pulp magazines during the first half of the twentieth century, the science fiction genre began to mature in the 1940s and 1950s. Throughout the book are stories that are just plain amazing or coincidental, as well as utterly unexplainable accounts (bodies that never decompose, nuns that are found hovering in the air).