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When Scientists Are Shocked
The Oh-my-god particle was first observed in Utah in 1991. It is a particle with an immense amount of energy, more than what was ever observed in a particle accelerator like the LHC at CERN. It was a shock to physicists, hence the name. Most amazing is: It is travelling…
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Lost Joy
From “Ode to Joy”, the European Anthem, the official anthem of the European Union, lyrics written by Friedrich Schiller, music by Ludwig van Beethoven: “Joy, beautiful spark of the gods – Daughter of Elysium – We enter fire imbibed – Heavenly, thy sanctuary – Thy magic reunites those – Whom…
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Turbocharged
Combustion engines are generally never totally clean when running on fossil fuels, they can only be made cleaner than they were before, so modern technology should be used. However, there are still naturally aspirated engines on the market. Those need more fuel so they pollute the environment more. At a…
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Mars People Live On Jupiter
When Nicola Tesla did experiments with radio communication he received a signal of which he thought it could only come from space. He thought it was sent from Mars, so that our neighbour planet has intelligent life. In fact the source was Jupiter, and it is a natural one. Jupiter’s…
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Star Passing By
There could have been a star passing our sun system many millions of years ago which disturbed the Oort cloud so that some asteroids and comets entered the inner sun system, and one asteroid collided with planet number three and that was leading to the extinction of a group of…
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Evolutionary Possibilities
If gravitation would react in the way physicists think it would, then would our universe exist in the way we know it? Couldn’t it have counteracted the Big Bang so that it wouldn’t have expanded in the first place? Maybe what scientists call Dark Energy is the same force which…
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Development Ideas
Dividing the world into simple categories serves no useful purpose By just having a look on maps which sort countries into terms like First, Second, and Third World it becomes obvious that this can only lead to confusion. On some older maps countries like Ireland, Sweden, Finland, and Switzerland are…
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Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, died in a plane crash in 1961 in Northern Rhodesia, nowadays Zambia. Now there are people claiming it was not an accident but an assassination. Evidence is pointing to the conclusion that it was what is called a controlled flight into…
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In All Skin Colours
“Inchu Chunna came to me [Karl / Old Shatterhand], and said, ‘This paleface was not afraid to commit any kind of villainy, but when it was about his skin, he was crying like a child.’ ‘Yes,’ I answered, ‘but you must remember that there are evil and good people in…
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In The Footsteps Of Karl May
Here an original photo of the author Karl May at the grave of Seneca Indian chief Sagoyewatha or Red Jacket at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York. This visit was after he had written the famous novels about his fictional identity Old Shatterhand and his fictional Apache chief friend…
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Colonising America
Queen Elizabeth sent Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh to colonise America. Gilbert was unable to establish military posts in Newfoundland, but Raleigh landed on a territory he named Virginia after the “Virgin Queen” Elizabeth. In the 17th century England was leading in establishing colonies along the Atlantic coast…
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Sudden Building Collapse
When a building suddenly collapses without warning it is always a strange and unusual event, but especially when it happens in a country like the United States where one would expect regular inspections and repairs to prevent this from happening. Nevertheless it happened in 2021 in Surfside, a suburb of…
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