The mind is a wonderful thing - there is so much about it which remains a mystery to this day. Science is able to describe strange phenomena, but can not account for their origins. While most of us are familiar with one or two on this list, many others are mostly unknown outside of the psychological realm. This is a list of the top ten strange mental phenomena. picked by muppet 12 months ago tags strange mind phenomena deja vu deja vecu deja visite |
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MapOfStrange - strange things in google maps 6 comments edit related share scienceThe MapOfStrange website is a way of recording strange, wacky, weird and wonderful anomalies, sights and oddities from Google Maps and Google Earth. picked by bingo 1 year ago |
The mind of a baby is of course much simpler than an adult's. There is so much that a baby's mind is simply incapable of doing. However there is also remarkable abilities that are unique to a baby. Abilities which are crucial to the child and could benefit us as adults picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |
A strange gaseous molecule has been discovered lurking in the atmospheres of both Mars and Venus, scientists announced today, adding that it could affect Venus's hyperactive greenhouse effect. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Know someone hard to shop for? Are you sick of looking for something they'll actually like? Why not try something sure to confuse them instead? These 15 strange goodies will be great ways to throw off the preconcieved gift ideas people already expect from you picked by bornbad 6 months ago 4 comments edit related share entertainment |
Strange and unique sculptures from around the world. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
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Recently a lot of strange round-ice formations have been seen in Russia. People don’t know what causes ice to form big ice circles first and then smaller ones appear around the mother-formation. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Funny prank with some strange characters. picked by Stadsman 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
There's an element of the kook fringe that advocates wearing tin foil helmets to block out government mind control frequencies. These MIT nerds prove that the helmets themselves may be part of the government conspiracy to control your mind! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago 6 comments edit related share science |
In case any of you haven’t seen, in addition to today’s column, I have a feature on money etiquette in today’s magazine. This is an excerpt from Miss Conduct’s Mind Over Manners (which goes on sale Tuesday!) picked by bornbad 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Grim Reaper as a cross-dresser? In South America, Saint Death (Santa Muerte) will visit you one day - or so it is believed - and it will come in female form dressed up to the nines. Take a look at the strange tradition of Saint Death. A pagan mix of the supernatural and black magic or a Catholic saint worthy of veneration? picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Interesting article about the infamous "Stanford Prison Experiment" proving the axiom, "absolute power corrupts absolutely". This "experiment" was also the basis for numerous books, plays, movies, and more. picked by Phildo 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share science |
Medical oddities, strange acts, and amazing photos. picked by Neiako 3 years ago 5 comments edit related share weird |
There are thousands of coloured lights. Some of these lights by scale (e.g., bright green on 4th screenshot) are 10m. This phenomena is focused around Antipodes. There are some less concentrated occurrences around Auckland and Chatham but these images seem to be nowhere else on Google maps. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
Strange, strange images of trees ... that a sick mind could easily mistake for something else! picked by derami 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Optical phenomena, atmospheric phenomena, electrical phenomena and natural optical illusions and they’re all incredible for one reason or another. picked by maxriter 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Consolidating the vast ammount of 'American Strange Stuff' out there into 1 easy to use place. Haunted buildings, places, Urban legends, cemetaries, wierd places, haunted places, ghost towns, and anything else thats worth your time to visit. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
From story: 1 comments edit related share plime.com"He chose a 42-inch katana, a Japanese samurai sword, and went inside to confront Lee Alexander, a 25-year-old ranch hand from Polk County who was convicted in 2000 of a lewd and lascivious act on a person under 16. Less than 15 minutes later, Alexander was dead." picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago |
Did You Know...? 0 comments edit related share plime.comSome obvious knowledge, but some interesting facts as well. picked by muppet 2 years ago |
Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
Archeologists in Siberia have found several elongated skulls in the forest. They're from the 4th century A.D. 3 comments edit related share scienceThe most likely explanation was that ancient communities deliberately deformed the skulls of infants, possibly with the intention of increasing their mental abilities.*props to boingboing* picked by Bornbad 9 months ago |