Year: 2013
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3AM Finds
Listen to the Sound of the Big Bang
There’s an echo throughout the cosmos, a lingering remnant from the time our universe was born, called the Cosmic Microwave…
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3AM Finds
Hey Hey Hey: Creepy Examples of the Uncanny Valley
Originally coined by Masahiro Mori in 1970, the term “uncanny valley” describes our strange revulsion toward things that appear nearly…
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3AM Finds
Art Bell and the Area 51 Caller
On September 11, 1997, a man claiming to have worked at Area 51 called in to Coast to Coast AM.…
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Ghosts
Inez Clarke, the Haunted Statue of Graceland Cemetery
Take a walk through Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, and you may come across the statue of Inez Clarke. It…
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3AM Finds
The 2009 Norway Spiral Anomaly
On the evening of December 9, 2009, worried onlookers inundated the Norwegian Meteorological Institute with phone calls. Something remarkable had…
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3AM Finds
Book Review: ‘The Coming Race’ by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton is known for many things. He’s the man who coined the phrases “pursuit of the almighty dollar” and…
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3AM Finds
The Creepy Tiki Troll of Nancy, France
A couple years ago, someone noticed something odd on Google Street View near some apartments in Nancy, France. A tall,…
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Time Travel
Do These Letters Found at a Coffee Shop Prove the Dangers of Time Travel?
Reddit user Unlucky13 was sitting at his local coffee shop when he noticed a small drawer under his table. Curious,…
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3AM Finds
The Giant Mummified Finger of Egypt
In 1988, entrepreneur and would-be treasure hunter Gregor Spörri allegedly came across something rather incredible in Egypt: a 15-inch-long (38…
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Time Travel
China’s Time Travel Tunnel: A Wormhole for Smartphones?
China has a time travel tunnel. Did you know that? Some locals of GuiZhou Province, China claim that a 400-meter-long…
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Ghosts
Infrasound: The Fear Frequency
Infrasound is sound below 20 Hz, lower than humans can perceive. But just because we don’t consciously hear it, that…
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Time Travel
John Titor: The Secret Song
I’ve always found the relationship between John Titor and Pamela intriguing. It’s like any good adventure story, you know? Like…
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3AM Finds
Exploring the Sunken City of Heracleion
Once thought to be legend, the ancient city of Heracleion is beginning to reveal its mysteries. Built in the 8th…
Cordyceps: The Most Terrifying Fungus You’ve Ever Seen
Think zombie apocalypses are impossible? Wrong! They happen all the time. To insects. Meet Cordyceps. This is a fungus that…
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Time Travel
4 Weird “Clues” That Parallel Universes Exist
The scientific possibility of parallel universes first arrived with Hugh Everett III’s Relative State Formulation in 1957. Not long after,…