The Unusual

Articles discussing various mysteries of a historical nature.

The Mayan Calendar, Facts, Theories and Prophecies

Experts have deduced that the Mayan Long Count Calendar began on August 11 or 13, 3114 BC. Based on the hieroglyphs on the calendar, it has been calculated that the calendar ends on either December 21 or 23, 2012.

The World’s Largest Geoglyph: The “Marree Man”

The largest geoglyph in the world is less than twenty years old and nobody seems to know who made it. This geoglyph is called the “Marree Man” and it is located in the outback in southern Australia.

Could the Attack on Pearl Harbor Have Been Avoided?

Looking back, we know that the United States military and government were privy to several clues that an attack from Japan was imminent.

The Deadly Double

Were the ads placed in the New Yorker a sophisticated means of communication for Axis espionage operatives that the Japanese were about to launch a sneak attack somewhere in the Pacific?

The Hum Phenomenon

In 1997, Congress directed a number of scientists from various respectable research institutes to look into this matter. Efforts to locate the cause of the hum were met with negative results.

The Sailing Stones of Death Valley

In the dry lake bed of Racetrack, Death Valley, stones as big as 700 pounds, mysteriously slide across the surface without any physical manipulation by man or beast.

The 27 Club

Call it an anomaly or an interesting piece of musical trivia without a need for further consideration. But the 27 Club phenomenon [...]

New Species of Moths, Corals, and Sponges

These new species are descendants that colonized Hawaiia more than 5 million years ago, before the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands emerged.