EVENTUALLY SOLVED MYSTERIES

GERM THEORY

The realization that some sicknesses were formed by germs changed

the future of medicine.

HOW MANY LICKS IT TAKES TO GET TO THE

CENTRE OF A TOOTSIE POP

According to an experiment by a you tuber from Venezuela

the answer is about 700. Ok, back to being serious…

THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM

The fact that this ancient Greek “computer” was used for navigation

wasn’t a mystery for too long (given that it was found in a ship wreck)

but the fact that nothing of comparable complexity was constructed

until 1000 years later is pretty crazy.

For years Big Pharma made a lot of money off selling people anti-stress

drugs to cure their ulcers. At least until an Australian scientist

proved they were quite often caused by bacteria and were easily curable.

CHAOCIPHER

Until the algorithm was recently released no one could decode the

cipher that author J.F Byrne had published in his autobiography.

THE ROANOKE COLONY

Nicknamed the lost colony when all the settlers in this North Carolina

settlement suddenly disappeared, recent genetic advances have

all but confirmed the idea that the population abandoned the settlement

and was assimilated into local Indian tribes.

BLACK BODIES BEING UNEXPLAINABLE BY

CLASSICAL PHYSICS

Classical physics predicts that an ideal black body in thermal equilibrium

will emit an infinite amount of energy. This is not consistent

with what actually happens in the real world. Enter quantum mechanics.

SAILING STONES

In case you’re not familiar, there are rocks in various deserts around

the world that seems to “sail” or move by themselves. After several

experiments it has for the most part been determined that a combination

of ice on the desert surface combined with wind make the

effect possible.