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created Nov 6th 2014, 05:24 by andelle


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Bermuda Triangle
 
The Bermuda Triangle is an area that represents the region of the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Miami, Florida. It became shrouded in mystery after World War II due to claims that ships and planes had gone missing under mysterious circumstances, without leaving a trace.  
 
The mystery was solved in 1975 when Larry Kusche, a research librarian at Arizona State University, discovered that some of the claims about disappearances were overblown or completely false. He found that the region doesn’t have an unusual number of shipwrecks or plane crashes compared to any other area experiencing similar traffic. However, the Gulf Stream current is strong enough to disperse any evidence of fallen ships or planes, which likely added to the folklore of the area.
 
Stonehenge
 
Stonehenge is comprised of a circle of stacked stones located in what is now a remote area in Wiltshire, England. Carbon dating suggests that the structure was made between 3000-2000 BCE, which has raised questions about how such advanced architecture could have been constructed with the technology of the day. Many assumed that Stonehenge must have been the product of slave labor or even required extraterrestrial help to move the stones into place.  
 
Wally Wallington, a carpenter from Michigan, thwarted these claims when he built a Stonehenge replica in his backyard by himself, using only technology available to the people at the time. If one man can do it by himself, a group of innovative builders at the time would have made quick work of the existing monument and the surrounding structures that have been lost over time.
 
While there are still mysteries about the cultural significance and use of the Stonehenge monument, it turns out that it isn’t completely surprising that it was built in the first place.

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