This is so true when it comes to the strangest foods around the world. I mean, some people do eat the strangest things. Writing this article was very interesting for me, because being a Portuguese gal, I am used to a rich and varied cuisine within a perfectly normal range of food ingredients. I admit that there are some things that we eat that might be seen as little bit weird, such as escargots, chicken …
Alphabets, or phonemic alphabets, are sets of letters, usually arranged in a fixed order, each of which represents one or more phonemes, both consonants and vowels, in the language they are used to write. A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as the consonants. The first “true alphabet” in this sense is believed to be the Greek alphabet, which is a modified form of the Phoenician alphabet. 18. Xibe …
You’ve heard of the Illuminati, but do you know who they are or what they do? Here are 15 facts about the Illuminati conspiracy to show you that this conspiracy theory is more fact than fiction. 1. Illuminati is a Latin word meaning “enlightened ones.” The Illuminati is a group of individuals who believe that they are more enlightened than everybody else. When Adam Weishaupt organized the Bavarian Illuminati on May 1, 1776, he intended …
Some mysteries are thousands of years old and others only date back to 1979, but they still offer people many reasons to speculate about their meaning. This invites people to suggest their own explanations for these unsolved mysteries, and if one cannot be proven to be right, people may continue to offer conspiracy theories and inferences alike for these unsolved mysteries for some time to come. 1. Jack the Ripper The serial killer who committed …
Over the years, there have been many amazing coincidences that defy all rational explanation. These coincidences continue to fascinate people around the world. Here are the most shocking coincidences that have been verified: 1. James Dean’s car curse Legendary actor James Dean was killed in a tragic car accident in September 1955. The following events took place after his death, all involving the Porsche that he was driving: a. The car was towed from the …
Who hasn’t heard that the United States government and NASA faked the moon landing in 1969? Or that there are aliens and alien spacecraft hidden at U.S. military base Area 51? These conspiracy theories are some of the more famous speculations produced in the past fifty years, but schemes such as these have been proposed for hundreds of years. Conspiracy theories are ideas that attempt to explain a case or situation based on a plot …