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Jeremy Corbell has been investigating unexplained aerial phenomena for quite some time, and his latest find is eye opening to say the least. This image, captured in 2016 by a US spy plane, appears to show a silver UFO orb over a conflict zone in Mosul, Iraq. It was allegedly flying alongside the plane without changing altitude.
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An international team of researchers recently discovered a massive 16.7-pound meteorite during their expedition, but no sight of Husky UGV. In all, they collected five meteorites, with the 16.7-pound specimen being one of the largest ever retrieved from the continent, and plan to analyze them at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
Lasers have shown why one should always close the toilet lid when flushing, and now, scientists have figured out how to use the beams to guide lightning bolts. Called the Laser Lightning Rod (LLR), this system basically consists of a pointed metal rod that is attached to a building’s roof and then connected to the ground by a wire, resulting in a strong electric field that draws lightning away from the structure.
Austin Carter, a PhD student, along with a group of scientists with the Center for Old Ice Exploration (COLDEX), sent a camera down a hole 300-feet deep in Antarctica in search of Earth’s oldest ice. The goal of this mission is to better understand the evolution and future of Earth’s climate, such as how sensitive ice sheets are to higher levels of greenhouse gases.
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It may not be as flashy as the Golden Concept Diamond Edition Apple Watch, but the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp from 1856 is currently the world’s most expensive object by weight. Only a single copy is known to exist and it sold for a whopping $9.5-million USD back in 2014 to an anonymous buyer.
There are now video game consoles for dogs, but Antonio Romero Monteiro from Texas still holds the Guinness World Record for largest video game collection yet. To date, he’s amassed a collection of 24,268 titles that have an estimated worth of about $2.1-million USD, which all started with purchasing and repurchasing some of the games he played in his youth.
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced a fusion energy breakthrough today, or more specifically, a net energy gain called fusion ignition. This phenomenon occurs at incredibly high temperatures and pressures, making it very difficult to control, paving the way for advancements in national defense as well as the future of clean power.
An 18-year-old woman lost an eye after a car accident in 2013 and had it replaced with a prosthetic. This resulted in Xia Tong wanting to become a prosthetic eye technician, which means her being able to experiment with the latest technologies, including ones that light up in different colors.
There’s the ATM Leaderboard, and then the world’s highest ATM, which sits 15,397-feet above sea level on the Khunjerab Pass in Pakistan. It’s operated by the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), powered entirely by solar and wind, since 2016. There are guards there at all times guarding the Khunjerab Pass, so all tourists can safely use the machine for cash withdrawals as well as interbank transfers.
China Customs discovered that a woman was trying to smuggle a batch of semiconductor chips and iPhones when attempting to cross from Macau into Zhuhai on November 25th. When questioned, the woman stated that she was around 5-6 months pregnant, despite her bump being the size you’d typically see in the third trimester (27 to 40 weeks).