EVENTUALLY SOLVED MYSTERIES
Added on: 28th Sep 2015
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.
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