What is it about the strange, unusual, or bizarre that fascinates us?
Amid a world where normal is defined as "conforming to a standard", and
"usual, typical, or expected", something about the odd, weird, or just
plain out of the ordinary creates a pull, a curiosity, and an appeal. It
is with that in mind that these six facts are collected, to sate the
craving for both the unique and the unexpected.
1. Pupula Duplex
2. Cannabis stave off HIV
"The Journal of Leukocyte Biology" published a discovery involving the use of Tetrahydrocannabinol, more commonly known as THC in marijuana, to impair the most common and widely found strain of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
When the virus was injected into the white blood cells that defend the
immune system, then exposed to THC, it was discovered that the cells
actually increased their ability to fight against the virus
3. Drop Of Water In Slow Motion(10,000 fps)
This is
what a waterdrop dropped onto water looks like when filmed at 10,000
frames-per-second. It behaves similar to a bouncy ball, called the
coalescence cascade, in that the droplet dumps about half of its water
into the pool of water below, then bounces back up into the air, and
repeats until there’s nothing left.
4. Evolving Underwater Sculptures
In an effort to preserve the world's natural coral reefs, Jason de Caires Taylor
designed and built underwater sculpture museums, hoping to boost the
habitation of sea life that scientists have predicted to be without
habitat by 2050. The underwater sculpture park was founded in 2006 off
of the coast of Grenada. The sculptures take on a life of their own and
are eventually consumed by the natural sea life as part of their
ecosystem, with some strategic placement, of course. Even National
Geographic stood up to take notice when they named Taylor's first
underwater sculpture park to be one of the 25 Wonders of the World
5. Mickey Mouse Craters On Mercury
Since March of
2012, NASA's Messenger probe has circled Mercury, our smallest planet
and closest to our sun in our solar system. The probe has sent back
hundreds of images, but one in particular tickled scientists. Discovered
in the northwest of the "Magritte" crater in Mercury's south, a
likeness of Mickey Mouse was imprinted among the build-up of craters
that litter Mercury's surface
6. The magnetic 'bubble' that is protecting the Earth from solar particles
We may view our planet to move slowly, but due to recent images released by NASA,
it was discovered that earth moves through space fast enough for it's
magnetosphere, or energy surrounding our planet, to create a bow wave,
much like the water in front of a sailing ship. Much of what happens at
the front of Earth's bow wave affects Earth's magnetic field, and
scientists are using this data to better understand space weather and
other such affects of external energy to the Earth's magnetosphere
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