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that Isaac Newton studied alchemy, tried to put all the world s religious histories together into one timeline, thought Atlantis was real, associated with secret societies like the Freemasons, and predicted the end of the world in 2060.

Oct 8, 2019•1 min read

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A study proposed that the Curse of One Rabbit of the Aztec calendar cycle, which was believed to bring famine and disaster in the first year of the 52 year cycle, had a real climatic basis. This was supported by the fact that 10 out of the 13 years in the cycle experienced famine, with one of them being one of the most severe famines in world prehistory.

one of the unifiers of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, once built an entire castle in secret near a castle he had put under siege. After 80 days, he had the trees covering it cut down, making it seem like a castle had sprung up overnight. His enemies surrendered shortly thereafter.

in the 18th century, rich people usually owned a large wig for formal occasions and a smaller one to wear at home. Wigs were a status symbol and were also the target of thieves due to how costly some of them were. Those who couldn t afford wigs tried to make their real hair look like one.

that less than half of all societies kiss with their lips, according to a study of 168 cultures from around the world and a professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas found that only 46% use lip-to-lip kissing in a romantic sense, excluding things like parent-child kissing.

the substance that forms the outer shell of plant spores pollen, Sporopollenin, is one of the thoughest, most stable biopolymers in the world. It s so resistant that it can t be studied using normal enzymes or chemical reagents, and it can stay intact in sediment for +500 million years.

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