9 Mysteries of the Past That Still Remain Unresolved

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Silent twins

Twins Jennifer and June Gibbons were born in 1960 and their main feature was that girls from childhood refused to communicate with people (even with parents). They perfectly understood human speech and even talked among themselves (though this sounded more likely like ordinary babble). When the sisters grew up, they were sent to a madhouse, but soon they were released. A sign of mental illness was not observed. One of the twins, June, spoke only after the death of her sister. She said that so they agreed many years ago: when one of them dies, the second will begin to communicate with other people. The reason for this strange behavior of the sisters still remains an unsolved mystery.

Man, Stop it! Animals That Halved in 40 Years

More recently, the World Wildlife Fund has published statistics stating that wildlife has declined by 52% since 1970. Your attention is invited to a selection of animals that have experienced the influence of man on nature.

10 Girls Who Turned Their Flaws Into Virtues

Beauty, as you know, is a very relative concept. And while someone is struggling with naughty hair and problematic skin, others are forced to put up with very unusual flaws, turning them into their own characteristics. It is about these girls that will be discussed in this collection ...

Color Photos of London During the Second World War

The attacks of the German Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II brought a lot of fatal destruction and claimed more than one hundred lives. Many cities suffered from German “attacks”, but sometimes it seems that London has suffered the most: more than a million buildings were completely destroyed, more than 20,000 civilians were killed, but the Wehrmacht did not achieve its main goal, because the British’s strong spirit was not to break just ...

6 Forbidden Types of the Most DANGEROUS Weapons

Throughout history, mankind has never stopped trying to create various types of weapons for various purposes. At the same time, while mankind created them, certain prohibitions on its use came out. For example, the popes banned the crossbow, and Homer spoke disapprovingly of the bow. In the 21st century, the scale of invented weapons reached a completely different level of danger, which can be called deadly. Which of the existing military guns managed to be banned and why are these inventions so dangerous?