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The Min Min lights: the glow that follows travellers across the Australian outback

08/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - People crossing the outback describe a white, yellow or green orb that quietly follows a vehicle, retreats when chased and disappears without a trace. Min Min stories carry their own meanings in man ..

Is megalodon still alive in the deep sea? What the fossil tooth record answers

21/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Megalodon really was a colossal predatory shark, with serrated teeth up to about 18 cm long and a history spanning millions of years. It is precisely that reality which makes the idea of it hiding i ..

Ogopogo and n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔitkʷ: a lake monster, or a Syilx sacred being?

17/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Canadian tourism calls Ogopogo a long-bodied monster living in Okanagan Lake. The Syilx people, however, emphasise the name n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔitkʷ and its meaning, "Sacred Being of the Water". Settlers renam ..

SCP-343 "God": the all-powerful being who stays in his cell by choice

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the thousands of chilling SCP Foundation files there is one entity that unsettles even the most seasoned researchers in an unusual way: not because it is dangerous, but because it is so utterl ..

The Nazca Lines: who created them and what were they used for?

14/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On the arid land between Nazca and Palpa in Peru, ancient people created hundreds of giant animal figures, plants, lines, and trapezoids. They were not first "discovered" from an airplane: local res ..

Bloop: The colossal sound under the Pacific and the answer from Antarctic ice

13/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In 1997, hydrophones spaced more than 3,000 km apart across the Pacific Ocean recorded a very low-frequency sound so powerful that it was given its own name: Bloop. When the sped-up recording was po ..

Yonaguni: Underwater “Pyramid” or Geological Masterpiece?

28/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Off the coast of Yonaguni Island at the westernmost tip of Japan lies an underwater rock formation featuring remarkably flat planes, steps, and sharp angles. Such geometry has led many to call it a ..

SCP-035 The Possessive Mask: the Keter-class mask that weeps a corrosive fluid

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the dark archives of SCP Foundation there are objects that destroy not with fire or force but with sweet whispers poured into a curious ear. SCP-035, also known as The Possessive Mask, is the emb ..

The Chupacabra: blood-sucking monster, or a coyote with mange?

01/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - The Chupacabra is an unusually young legend. It flared up in Puerto Rico in the mid-1990s, described at first as a two-legged creature with spines along its back; by the time it reached Texas the im ..

The Flatwoods Monster: a meteor, a barn owl and the terrifying night of 1952

19/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On the evening of 12 September 1952, a streak of fire crossed the sky over the eastern United States. At Flatwoods in West Virginia, a group climbed a hill to find where the object seemed to have fa ..

SCP-053 The Young Girl: the three-year-old who drives adults to madness and violence

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Imagine a three-year-old girl with clear eyes, an innocent smile and tiny hands held out to be picked up. There is nothing frightening about the child. And yet any adult who stays near her too long ..

Backing up important documents so you can find them in a hurry

14/09/2026
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Miscellany - Handy tips - Combining a controlled paper copy with a protected digital one gets you back on your feet faster. This article focuses on steps you can apply straight away, while pointing out what to check so you d ..

How to cook bo kho: tender beef, a clear glossy sauce and deep flavour

16/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - A good bo kho has beef that is tender without falling apart, sinew that has turned just translucent, carrots that keep their shape, and an orange-red broth fragrant with lemongrass, star anise and c ..

SCP-914 - The Clockworks: the gear-driven machine that "refines" anything you dare feed it

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the thousands of classified SCP Foundation files, few objects carry a "safe" classification and still make the skin crawl the way SCP-914 does. It is an enormous machine of gears that can "ref ..

The Antikythera Mechanism: How Does the 2,000-Year-Old Astronomical Computer Work?

15/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - A corroded bronze lump recovered from a shipwreck near the island of Antikythera in 1901 has changed our perspective on ancient Greek engineering. Inside are dozens of meshing gears, scales, and ins ..

SCP-500 Panacea: the small bottle of pills that cures anything, and what that costs

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Imagine a small, worn bottle of pills sitting quietly inside a cold safe deep underground. Inside are red tablets that can cure any human illness in a matter of hours. Not a miracle, not a fairy tal ..

Where Do the Giant Circles Under the Ice of Lake Baikal Come From?

09/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Every winter, Lake Baikal freezes over like a giant sheet of glass. But satellite images sometimes detect dark circles kilometers wide appearing amidst the white ice. They are too large to be recogn ..

Shag Harbour 1967: a glowing object fell into Canadian waters and vanished

02/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On the evening of 4 October 1967, residents of Shag Harbour saw a string of lights descend and apparently touch the surface of the water. The RCMP took the report, treated it as a possible aircraft ..

Southern Vietnamese sour fish soup: no fishy smell, vegetables still crisp

10/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - A good canh chua ca loc has a clean sourness from tamarind, a gentle sweetness that is nothing like sugar water, fish that is tender but still in whole steaks, and vegetables that are fresh and cris ..

The City of Z and Percy Fawcett's Final Journey into the Amazon

02/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In 1925, Percy Fawcett, along with his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, entered Mato Grosso to find a place he called ‐Z‑. The three men never returned, leaving behind two often-conflated questions: wha ..

How to cook bun bo Hue: deep flavour, lemongrass aroma and a broth that stays clear

14/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - A good bun bo Hue has a broth that is reasonably clear but deep in flavour, fragrant with lemongrass, with the shrimp paste melting into the base rather than standing out on its own, and an orange-r ..